These days we have the internet. It’s the easiest and fastest place to find information. But it’s not always the best or most interesting place to find it. I posit an argument saying that every home should also have a good selection of physical reference books.
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Were you able determine how many valid words can be “rolled” by these letter-labeled dice? Is the fabulous prize yours?
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Can you determine how many valid words can be “rolled” by these letter-labeled dice? If so, $50 from ThinkGeek may soon be coming your way!
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This is cool, and a huge bit of validation for those of us who self-identify as geeks.
Continue ReadingLast week’s puzzle as presented, with the answers in-line: The word “facetious” is one of my favorite words. It contains all of the vowels, in alphabetic order. If you make it an adverb (“facetiously”) then you get the sometimes-vowel …
Continue ReadingThe word “facetious” is one of my favorite words. It contains all of the vowels, in alphabetic order. If you make it an adverb (“facetiously”) then you get the sometimes-vowel “y” to boot. I believe that only “abstemiously” and “adventitiously” …
Continue ReadingHere’s last week’s puzzle as presented: Over the past few weeks, my wife Allison and I have done our annual summer trip up north with the kids to visit family in northernmost New York and southern Ontario, Canada. During the …
Continue ReadingOver the past few weeks, my wife Allison and I have done our annual summer trip up north with the kids to visit family in northernmost New York and southern Ontario, Canada. During the Canadian segment, I went for a drive …
Continue ReadingA monumental event has occurred in my household. I purchased my Word of the Day calendar today. No, you don’t understand. This is big for me. I am fascinated by words. This is a helpful passion when a writer. I don’t really even need them arranged in sentences. I save my favorite Word of the Day […]
Continue ReadingI wouldn’t say words are my passion, but they have always fascinated me, like something that I knew about but couldn’t fully understand. I am always open to the opportunity to learn more, to fill even one of the many …
Continue ReadingLiving in California for eight years helped me hone my cooking chops. We knew many couples that loved to cook and were often invited over for a potluck or a meal with items cooked from their garden. These meals often introduced my limited palate to delicious items I was unfamiliar with. Having been a picky […]
Continue ReadingWhen I was considering retiring my Palm TX in exchange for an iPod touch (no AT&T service in the rural area where I live, so no iPhone), one of my essential applications was a good Chinese dictionary. I speak Chinese …
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