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Category Archives: RANDOM
Snice and snain, slice and sheet … [take two]
Yesterday Offspring #1 flew home, or part way home, as the entire island of Newfoundland experienced winter all at once, and pretty much decided to shut down for the weekend. (Paul Daly took these for CTV News, and I found … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM
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Okay, I have this theory I need to test
I have been infected by a song, and I tried to give it away, but I made a tragic mistake. I gave it to my hubby, who only stops singing, or playing the piano, or playing the guitar, or whistling, … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM
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A Crossword made from the Words of the Day! I’ll bet you’re as excited as I am …
I couldn’t find an interactive one, sorry to say. But I will put up my Word of the Day Archive, which contains all the answers, in a bit. Happy New Year’s Eve
Posted in LANGUAGE, RANDOM
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May your Christmas be Very Merry
But just in case, here is Rowan Atkinson at his merry best, putting the Scrooge back in Christmas. And we get to see Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry together again. Sorry about the ad, it just won’t go away, but … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM
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So I’m a sentimental old fool, bite me …
One of the more remarkably consistent aspects of my life has been the ritual watching of A Christmas Carol, Dickens’ masterpiece, on Christmas eve, brought to life with uncanny perception by Alistair Sim. How can you miss someone you never met? … Continue reading
Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM
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Two approaches to life, two very different reaches
Yesterday, Mouse left the postman a Christmas card, with some people money in it, thanking him for all the biscuits, featuring one of her best photos: Oh, sorry, that was yesterday after her walk and a short thaw. She has … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM
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It’s the Bee’s Knees
It took a while for the linguistic penny to drop, but I finally realised that the bee’s knees were covered in pollen, because that’s where they collect it when they are out and about being bees. Those really are the … Continue reading
Posted in ECONOMICS, RANDOM
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Okay, I’ll admit it. Sometimes I find myself pretty funny.
Now I didn’t write the terrible headline, or sub-headline. Not my style, and they did it without warning, speaking of nerve. But when I was cleaning the den yesterday, making room for offspring #1’s return from Newfoundland for my birthday, … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM
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A short list of linguistic pet peeves, and then [yada yada yada, ed.]
From my extremely smart but frustrating neighbour’s son: pre-heat: you cannot heat something before you heat it. From my extremely smart and precise son: coin wash: you are not laundering your money. From Flanders and Swann: fork-lift: what do you … Continue reading
Posted in LANGUAGE, LIFE, RANDOM
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What was once a blur has become a blur …
Just recently I was dashing about, hither and yon, mostly yon, and my life was awash with encounters with life and its curiosities and frustrations. Lately, my life has dropped into a fabulous routine, if you have the patience that … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM
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