So, I ponder this question because of two recent items I saw. First, I saw a blurb on a movie site suggesting I check out the upcoming film 12 Years a Slave “starring Brad Pitt.” Having read about this film a few weeks ago, I was flabbergasted by that description, as there is no way […]
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I watched a video interview with JK Rowling a while back where she noted her love of new words added to the language. I’m sure people add new words to the language each day, phrases they make up and have meaning to them, but it’s the rare few that catch on to be used by
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The other day, my son asked me the meaning of a word. I started to tell him, at which point my husband yelled at me. “Don’t tell him stuff that’s wrong,” my husband admonished. So, I thought I’d talk today about definition vs. connotation. The definition of a word is what it literally means, while
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Just a quick FYI, Life First has finally appeared on a couple of more sites. I distributed with Smashwords, and while it was approved to distribute to other stores June 21, it just started appearing on these other sites over the weekend. So, here are the other places you can get it. Barnes and Noble (Last
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I saw an article the other day about a Chinese law that requires children to visit their parents frequently. If the kids don’t, parents can file a complaint about them with the government. Now, it’s a bit sad that they have to legislate this (I mean, really people, visit your parents! ) But, it also sounds
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I read something for a friend the other day, and in the course of commenting, mentioned one of the factions in her story reminded me of NOHARMM, the National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Men. Back when I worked at the Wichita Eagle (I was an intern), I did a story
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