World of the Written Word

THE TIME-CONSUMING, ALL-CONSUMING MAKEOVER   If this blog seems a bit sporadic at the moment, the reason is in the picture above. ...

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Jogging is very beneficial.  It's good for your legs and your feet.  It's also very good for the ground.  It makes it feel needed...

I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm.  Unfortunate...

NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!! The Washington Post has just zapped the news to me that it is being considered that cellphones should be used on...

The local TV station was interviewing an 80-year-old lady because she had just gotten married for the fourth time. The interviewer aske...

Don't think.  Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.  You can't t...

Old words can be fascinating... "Orders for safe-guarding of the Medway.   A ketch is to ride without Sheerness, and on sigh...

Good lord, who would have thought that babies that are not even born yet could have impact on anything as mundane as currency? But the Wal...