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Biking through My Town
Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday! Despite my love of deep-fried stuff, I do recognize that health is an important aspect of life. For anyone who followed my ROW80 progress in Round 4 of 2011, you know that I had an exercise … Continue reading
Posted in Deep-Fried Friday
Tagged biking, exercise, Friendswood, hometown, Julie Glover, riding bike, Schwinn
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Why January, February, March, Etc.?
We are close to embarking on a new year once again – 2012, which has received a lot of attention because of the Mayans. However, we owe much more to the Romans for our calendar. The 12-month Julian calendar was introduced … Continue reading
Sounds Like…Onomatopoeia
Welcome to Amazing Words Wednesday, the day we enter the labyrinth of language and see what we can find. Today we’re looking at words that sound like what they mean. That is, onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia. For some reason, to me that word conjures … Continue reading
A Few of My Favorite Things: Holiday Edition
One more holiday-themed post before we get back to the regular programming. Here on Deep-Fried Friday, I like making lists. Top 10 Lists. So “raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens,” yada-yada-yada . . . a few of my favorite things around … Continue reading
The Names of Santa Claus
Since we’re coming up on Christmas really, really fast (*panicking* I don’t have all of my shopping done), I thought I’d give y’all one more Amaze-ing Words Wednesday post on Christmas words in the English language. This time, let’s take … Continue reading
What I’m Watching and Why
Every week, I follow Tiffany A. White‘s Tele-Tuesday posts and Tiffany’s and Amber West‘s What to Watch Wednesday posts on their blogs. They have done an excellent job of breaking down television series, classics, and specials so that readers can discern … Continue reading
Translating Christmas Carols
As part of my personal effort to get into the holiday spirit (see my Are You a Christmas Person? quiz), I thought I’d take a couple of classic Christmas carols and translate them for Amaze-ing Words Wednesday. After all, when’s … Continue reading
Are You a Christmas Person?
It’s been a while since I gave a quiz. With the holiday season underway, today’s Deep-Fried Friday asks “Are you a Christmas person?” While I enjoy certain aspects of Christmas – like caroling and A Charlie Brown Christmas – I … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Christmas, Christmas quiz, holiday spirit, Julie Glover, spirit-o-meter, yuletide
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Merci Beaucoup: Borrowing from the French
One of the great things about English is that we have no compunction about borrowing from anyone else. Our language is a hodge-podge of words from various regions. For today’s Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, I’d like to thank the French for … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Words Wednesday
Tagged Author, English language, etymology, French words in English, fun with language, Julie Glover, language, words
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Bayard-Lamb 2012: Foxie with Moxie
As promised on Wednesday, I welcome Presidential Candidate Piper Bayard and her capable Vice-Presidential Pal Kristen Lamb to Deep-Fried Friday. Believe me when I say that their ideas have been beer-battered, fried for just the right length of time, and are juicy … Continue reading
