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  • Regular readers know I'm passionately fond of both quotes and the AWordADay posts I get in my e-mail ...but this one has TRIPLE meaning to me...I'm a passionate Thelonious Monk fan (jazzy piano genius extraordinaire for …

  • By the way...if any hardcore Tolkien readers (those of us who've lost count of the number of times we've read the series, e.g.) are having doubts about the Lord of the Rings movie...don't! I went to see it on December 2…

  • No, I didn't disappear! My kids were here until yesterday, so when they're visiting, I'm not online much. Happy New Year (almost) to all! And a couple of quotes, of course... "In the End, we will remember not the wor…

  • "We must resolve to work with greatness and neverforget to do so again. Every workday is a concert, aNobel-prize ceremony, or an Olympic victory." Peter Koestenbaum, philosopher and businessconsultant... I wonder why s…

  • I'm still doling out these truisms, a few at a time... Bumper sticker: Honk if you love peace and quiet. Bumper sticker on truck: Pardon my driving, I am reloading. Despite the cost of living have you noticed how it …

  • Hi, faithful readers! I took a bit of a holiday break. I'm at work right now (the one day I have to work this week), so thought I'd post and go site reading. The holidays have been REALLY good so far...went to a great…

  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)Yoko Ono & John Lennon (Happy Xmas KyokoHappy Xmas Julian) So this is XmasAnd what have you doneAnother year overAnd a new one just begunAnd so this is XmasI hope you have funThe near an…

  • Some more truisms... Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used ag…

  • I bought myself an early Christmas present last night! And it's WONDERFUL!!! If you love piano...or jazz...or blues...or cover versions of standards ('Summertime', e.g.)...hell, if you love MUSIC...GET 'Gene Harris-The…

  • To understand your parents' love, bear your own children. -Chinese saying... Hm...this may be true...but not necessarily so in dysfunctional families...or to a much lesser extent. I did my best to bring up my children …

  • Did anyone see footage of Enron employees & retirees testifying before Congress? Sad. I think all of the Enron executives who cashed in-KNOWING the whole thing was about to crash and burn-should fund the employee/r…

  • Again I was sent a list of wonderful stuff that i can't resist posting... Truisms Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. …

  • Let's see...2 WONDERFUL ratings at BlogHop.com and one so-so one (hey, where'd THAT one come from, hmm???...)....does that make this a C grade site?...*LOL*

  • More word fun... occiput (OK-suh-put) noun, plural occipita (ok-SIP-i-tah) or occiputsThe back part of the head or skull.[From Middle English, from Latin occipit, from oc-, from ob- (against) + ciput, from caput (head).…

  • The word, thought, idea, concept, goal, aspiration, inclination, and anything else along that line for today is...transcendance. Transcending bullshit. Transcending the incorrect. Transcending the fake or illogical or…

  • This post was e-mailed to me by a coworker...guess it proves we STILL need help communicationg between the sexes!... The following is a portion of a National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and…

  • Thelonious Monk (piano) and Charlie Rouse (tenor sax) go together...like bread and butter. Toast and jam. Lennon and McCartney. Air and breathing. I never get enough of a musical fix w/Mr. Monk...

  • We owe a huge debt to William Sellers. According to the National Insitute of Standards and Technology, there are almost 800,000 standards today for things. AA batteries. D cup. 357 Magnum. 396 cubic inches. 88 keys…

  • I'm SO addicted to these AWordADay posts... capitonym (KAP-i-toh-NIM) nounA word that changes pronunciation and meaning when it is capitalized.As in the following poems:Job's JobIn August, an august patriarchWas reading…

  • This is taken from the comic strip Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley....subtitled 'Famous Cat Quotes'...and with deepest apologies to Robert Frost... Two slugs slithered on a yellow wood/And sorry I could not trample both/Being…

  • An observation. The best music takes you out of yourself. Either completely out, or out enough to let you look differently at yourself afterwards...

  • Do you think it's possible to "grow" into music? The DJ on WDET (local NPR station extraordinaire) played about 5-6 Frank Sinatra tunes. Today would have been his 86th birthday. When I was in my 20's, I thought Frank …

  • I have NO clue what Xanga's doing now! I seem to be able to get to MY site and post. But when i go to another Xangan's page, I can get there but NOT post! I'm not sure whether it's JUST Xanga or it's the server here a…

  • This word a day and poem are especially dedicated to smartass_83 once again...because she hasn't stopped by in awhile, and I KNOW how much she loves the "English lessons", as she calls them!... heteronym (HET-uhr-uh-ni…

  • AND today in history!..... 1868 The world's first traffic lights, built off London's Parliament Square, began operation. 1869 The territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office. What the hell took the…

  • I LOVE this quote my wife e-mailed me!..... "There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting." -- David Letterman

  • I think this joke is cute...but it'll be too old and/or obscure for some of the younger readers...... A guy walks into a doctor's office and says, "Doc, I can't stop singing the 'Green, Green Grass of Home'.""Sounds lik…

  • A relaxed weekend, overall....not much to report. So I won't!

  • This is stuff I'm thinking about....related to the time blogs below, maybe? "Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it."--Mae West "Seize the day,…

  • Kind of a slow Xanga day! In the morning it didn't work very well...but in the afternoon, I was able ONCE AGAIN to go to EVERY blog on my SIR!..... Some more than others, eh, Sada ....?...

  • More word fun.... rover boy (RO-vuhr boi)...noun...A brave but naive person.[From Rover Boys, a series of children's books by Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930).]"Among the rover boys on horseback, the star parts go to Tad …

  • I was thinking today about comments damonsangel posted about power chords (in the musical sense). I don't think I've ever seen anything written about this...but there're power musical lines as well. The ones that are i…

  • These excerpts from David Bowie's "Changes" go with the blog underneath them... ...Every time I thought I'd got it madeIt seemed the taste was not so sweetSo I turned myself to face meBut I've never caught a glimpseOf h…

  • Time is something that's been on my mind lately. I've always been fascinated with the concept of time. Perceptions of it. Time TRAVEL in science fiction stories (as much as I WANT to believe it's possible, I think the…

  • Does anyone else have blogs they visit MORE than once a day...just to see what the person might have posted?.....

  • This comment is inspired by cynthia 's blog and comments contained therein. If married now, and something happened to your spouse, do you think you'd eventually remarry? Why or why not? I'm asking because I notice a…

  • This is the after lunch blog. I usually take the Detroit Free Press with me and read it in the cafeteria. Not that I expect anyone to CARE about this, but just so you know... While at lunch, I read an article about US…

  • The last page of each issue of Forbes magazine is devoted to quotes. Usually they're on a particular theme-in the Nov. 26 issue in front of me, it's religious fanaticism... "Fanatic religious fundamentalists, like self…

  • Elton John and his band are on TV as I write this. Wonder if any of the popular music critics from the 1950's are still alive? You know, the ones who predicted rock n'roll COULDN'T LAST?!?....

  • I made to almost EVERY blog on my list!.... This is for all Canadians reading the page...you guys have a TREASURE in Nova Scotian fiddler Natalie MacMaster!! Since I'm close to Canada, I get CBC. I happened to catch h…

  • I haven't done one of these in awhile...but this particular A Word A Day is too good NOT to post! potemkin village (po-TEM-kin VIL-ij) nounAn impressive showy facade designed to mask undesirable facts.[After Prince Pote…

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