My Reluctant Conversion to Ebooks
I lament the loss of texture. With our touch screen world, it is becoming rarer and rarer to feel the push buttons of a telephone, an ATM, or a debit card machine; the click of a mouse rather than…
Wednesday Words: Tongue Twisters
You had to know eventually I would get around to mentioning the TONGUE TWISTER! My father was a speech and preaching double-major in college, and apparently one of his professors used tongue twisters to help students enunciate better. My dad…
25 Years and Still Looking Good!
After the post in anticipation of my 25th year high school reunion, I figured I should post an update on how it went! Did I wow them all with my brilliant success and gorgeous looks? Well, no. In spite of thinking ahead…
Top 10 Quirky Comedy Films
I’m taking a respite from book-focused Friday Fiction. Perhaps this is better titled a Friday Favorite post, since I wanted to talk about some favorite films. While writing about American vs. British English, I watched part of A Fish Called Wanda…
Wednesday Words: What’s Your Pet Peeve?
No, not that! Anything but THAT! What is your greatest pet peeve in common language usage? I polled some friends and here are a few I heard: Confusing words like your and you’re; to, too, and two; idea and ideal…
Are You a Child of the 80’s?
I love watching That 70’s Show. I knew those people, although they were a few years ahead of me. Because I was a child in the 70’s, but a teenager in the 80’s. I consider myself better versed in culture…
15 Famous Fiction Sidekicks
One of my duties at church camp a couple of weeks ago was to assist the secretary with various administrative tasks. We wear nametags all week for identification and security, so I added “M’s Sidekick” to the job description on…
What’s Your Handle? I Mean, Twitter Username?
So you finally decide to jump into the deep end of social media and sign up for a Twitter account! And then you are asked what your username will be? Hmmm. There are so many possibilities! Should you use your actual name – or…
Reunited, and It Feels So Good
This coming weekend, I am attending my high school reunion. Want to guess which year I graduated? a. 1982 b. 1986 c. 1991 d. 1993 Thank you for all picking D, as I’m sure you did! However, B is the…
Friday Fiction: The Power of Three
Among the mainstays in the world of fiction is the TRILOGY. As I cracked upon Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, I wondered why a set of three is so common. It made me…