Word Of The Week – Vexillology
The recent situation with the Confederate Flag and its origin, history and place in modern culture reminded me of a word I first discovered way back in my junior high school (better known as the Stone...
View ArticleWord Of The Week – Libertine
I have never seen the Johnny Depp movie “The Libertine”, nor have I eaten at a restaurant named “The Libertine” (real), or had drinks at a bar (real) or pub (real) named “Libertine”, or enjoyed the...
View ArticleBook Riot’s “10 Scariest Books You’ve Read” Survey
A few weeks ago Book Riot ran the results of a survey they took about the “10 Scariest Books You’ve Read” and while the outcome was not all that surprising (Stephen King books grab the majority), I...
View ArticleHave You Written Anything Yet?
Dilbert is hoping to coax himself into writing that novel by employing the unspoken pressure that results by telling everyone he’s writing a novel. His goal is that he will be held accountable to his...
View ArticleWord Of The Week – Anastrophe
You may be looking at this word and thinking you have no idea what it is, but if you’re even passingly familiar with Star Wars then you DO know it without realizing it. Anastrophe \uh-NASS-truh-fee\...
View ArticlePronoun Chart
Do you ever get confused about proper pronoun usage? Are you unsure about which pronoun form to use when a possessive 1st person plural is needed? Or when it’s a subject pronoun for a 3rd person plural...
View ArticleWord Of The Week – Clandestine
With the release last week of the Ashley Madison hacked database, making clandestine the Word Of The Week seemed like a natural choice. clandestine [klan-des-tin] adjective 1.characterized by, done...
View ArticleWord Of The Week – Rambunctious
A couple of weeks ago I took my three oldest grandchildren to Orlando International Airport to give them a tour of the main terminal and all the shops, eateries and entertainment locations. I would say...
View ArticleBook Review: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
This is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story when it comes to our history in dealing with Native Americans in the 1800’s as we moved across this land making promises that we broke and...
View ArticleHappy National Science Fiction Day!
Science Fiction has always been my favorite genre, both in books and movies. I started early with the Tom Swift books and thereafter quickly fell in love with Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, and other...
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