Linguistics
For a linguist like myself, one of the most revealing–and often most humorous–aspects of any language are those little idiosyncratic aberrations referred to as adages, aphorisms, and idioms*. I’m sure you know what I’m referring […]
Category: Everyday Life
Saturday Morning With Harmony the Cat
Cat: 1. walking ego with an attitude problem; 2. alien that took over Earth millennia ago (from “Definitions You Won’t Find in any Webster’s New World Dictionary,” http://www.opusforfour.com/definitions.html ) Before I go any further, I […]
Make sure you get the right writing tutor
To the untrained eye, there is no craft involved in the nonsense we produce. To the trained eye, there is no craft involved in the nonsense we produce. This is because there is no craft […]
I Fear a Lot of Things but Not the Number 13
Friday the 13th; it’s here again. I have to say I don’t understand the hoopla over it. I know there is a long-standing tradition of dread associated with this day. Some people suffer from a […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please tell my new sports addicted boyfriend that yelling, “GO, GO, YES, YES, YeeeeES . . . TOUCH DOWN!” while we’re making out is NOT considered foreplay and will never get him laid, […]
She fills me with joy
I think I might have figured out why I know so little about so much. When you have an attention span that’s as long as a very short thing, it’s not long before your mind […]
Camping with Girl Scouts 101
I am a co-leader for my daughter’s Brownie troop. This past weekend we went on our first camping trip, in cabins mind you, and it was a lot fun. We joined three other troops, one […]
A Tiger in your Toilet Tank
In the news today it was reported that Tiger Woods ex-wife Elin Nordegren had her $12.3 million Palm Beach oceanfront mansion demolished. Items from the home were donated to Habitat for Humanity to be auctioned off. […]
Are The People Slowly Fighting Back, and Kicking Cancer’s Ass
Well this is ONE way to beat cancer, I guess. And even the most disgusting-sounding method of beating cancer, is still beating cancer, right? 37 year old Claire Osborn is a mother of six in […]
Willy ‘worthy of words’ Wellington
Sugartastic Daddy John’s oldest friend Willy ‘worthy of words’ Wellington is a philosophical individual. Like all of The Daddy’s friends, Willy tends to put his own stamp on everything he does. He recently got a […]