Can any of you drop by with a snowplow and maybe a pizza? OK, that’s not fair. Real question: Name your favorite fictional spy, secret agent, or other such operative! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Does it bug you when teenagers come trick-or-treating in fairly lame costumes? Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
When driving around in The Wife’s car, we often enjoy listening to her SiriusXM radio thingie. Most often we seem to end up on the 80s Channel, because that’s the stuff that we grew up with, and they often play quite a bit of somewhat obscure stuff along with the “big hits”. It’s not just “Walkin’ On Sunshine” or “Come On Eileen” all the time. And what’s really cool about that is that the shows are often hosted by the original VJs from MTV. (The ones that remain, anyway — JJ Johnson passed away ten years ago, sadly.) Anyhow, forDown the rabbit hole….
If we ditch Columbus Day, what should be celebrated in its stead? (Assuming that we keep some kind of Federal holiday in October. ) Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
(Sorry, I had this saved in Draft and forgot to publish it.) You’re in charge of planning a big time-period specific costume party. You get to pick the time period, and further, let’s assume that everyone will be able to attend looking fully period-specific. What period (or historical locale) do you choose? Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
You know, I still have people telling me how much sentence-diagramming rocks? You people got issues, man. Onto the next thing. By way of a writing update, here’s some wisdom from Mr. King: It seems to me that every task, even things we just love doing, has some component that we just don’t look forward to and grind our way past because the entire task is enjoyable on balance, even if that one part of it stinks. For me and writing, it’s proofreading. Full-on editing, I like, but proofreading is like a weeklong trip in the company of Ms. Dully McDullerson. ImportantDown the rabbit hole….
Your favorite word of four or more syllables. GO! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Wow, did I ever get voted down last week! Who knew I was keeping online company with so many big fans of sentence-diagramming? Oh well…I stand by my view that it sucked and I hated it with a passion and it wasn’t all that useful anyway. So there. Harumph! On to the new thing, though: toilet paper! Or, rather, the dispensing of the stuff. It may just be luck-of-the-draw, but in every place we’ve lived, the toilet paper hanger has never once been located in the logical spot, meaning, to the right or left of the throne, in easy reach.Down the rabbit hole….
A friend of mine posted this article about diagramming sentences to Facebook the other day, so here’s the simple question: did any of you enjoy diagramming sentences or think it a worthwhile thing to learn? For my part, I hated it with an utter passion. I thought it a complete waste of time that didn’t do a single thing to teach what good writing is. I am, however, also prepared to grant that my loathing of diagramming may be influenced by the fact that the teacher I had in seventh grade, who did the most with diagramming in my schoolDown the rabbit hole….
The other day would have been Roberto Clemente’s 80th birthday, and in his honor, the Pittsburgh Pirates groundskeepers mowed his number into right field at PNC Park: Clemente is the one sports figure whom I would most like to travel back in time and see in action, just once. Who is yours? (Assume you’d get to see yours do something representative of his or her greatness. You wouldn’t be stuck going back to see Babe Ruth go 0-4 with two strikeouts and two week grounders to short.) Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….