Let me just say, for the record, that I hate trivia games. I’m terrible at them. My mind just doesn’t roll that way. I am in awe of people whose minds do. This includes, “Name That Tune” types of games.
That said, I got an email this morning that was jam-packed with [...]
Entries from February 2008
Unconfirmed Language Trivia
February 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Fun Stuff
The “knifey-spoony” mystery
February 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
Because I have a few posts that get relatively large chunks of traffic (and so larger chunks of stupid, meaningless or inappropriate comments), I’ve set my administration of comments to “approve”. That way I can quickly mark dozens [...]
Tags: mysteries
Brain Damage: A quicker path to enlightenment?
February 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Did anyone ever tell you, “Don’t worry. Be happy!”?
Didn’t you want to punch that person in the mouth?
Lisa shook her daughter and whispered sharply.
“Emma!”
“Mffhh.”
“C’mon, honey, it’s time to get up.”
“I’m tired.”
“I know but we’ve got a lot to do today. So you have to get up now.”
“Why? What day is it?”
“It’s Saturday.”
“What are [...]
Tags: mysteries