OED additions… 15 years later
Fifteen years ago, I wrote about the Oxford English Dictionary's latest additions to their tome on this blog. I thought it would be amusing to review the list and my…
Conquering stage fright
I am often asked how a person can overcome stage fright. How do you beat back the overwhelming fear of standing in front of an audience in order to tell…
14 Ways for Evaluating Character
Ted Gioia, on his Substack The Honest Broker, lists his "8 best techniques for evaluating character." It's a good list. My only strong disagreement is with his first one: 1.…
Topless
Women can now swim topless in swimming pools in Berlin, Germany. News outlets around the world widely reported on this development in one city in Germany, probably because a story…
Odd intense brilliant
A new review of Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life caught my eye because of the choice of adjectives used to describe me. Written…
3 Reasons Why You Should Never Send a Kid to a Dictionary to Look Up the Spelling of a Word
As an elementary school teacher for 24 years, I have been asked for the spelling of a word thousands, of times. Every time I have been asked -- without exception…
Meh
I asked a friend, via text, if he wanted to join my stand-up partner and me at an upcoming open-mic night. He said he'd think about it. "Just say yes,"…
Resolution update: March 2023
Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable. The following are the results from…
Dolly and Miley are now banned, too.
A Waukesha, Wisconsin school has banned students from singing "Rainbowland" by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton because they believe children are too immature to hear this song. They claim it…
Memere and Pepere
My grandparents, Al and Irene Mandeville, who their grandchildren referred to as Mémère and Pépère (always in that order), were married 80 years ago last week. The date was March…
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