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It sure was windy in the last week. How windy? I’m glad you asked.
It was so windy that:
Last week was a bad week.
I won’t go into it right now because you know how I hate to talk about myself, but trust me, things kept going wrong and it put me in a rotten mood.
As I struggled to get into a better frame of mind, I took note of my coping mechanisms in order to share them with you here. I guess you could call me a hero. Continue reading “How I deal with a bad mood!”
Like many people, I am familiar with the computer keyboard.
And while I use it often and appreciate it, I also have several questions about the computer keyboard.
For example, why are capital I and lowercase l so similar? Usually after I type one or the other, I have to look at them closely to try to figure out which is which. And what about 1? Why can’t we make them all a little more different?
Here are a few additional items: Continue reading “What is ^, why are I and l so similar, and other computer keyboard questions”
The winter of 2019 has taught me several important lessons already, and it’s still only February.
While thinking too much about ice, snow and rain, I wrote down a few of the thoughts here:
It’s important to dress appropriately for winter – Here in Ohio that means a heavy coat, hat, gloves, umbrella and sunscreen. You never know if it will be -10, rainy or in the 70s. Continue reading “A few lessons from the winter of 2019”
Zombie movies, television shows and comic books have become extremely popular in recent years, and they seem pretty simple
The main characters are always trying to avoid becoming zombies and they usually end up fighting other humans, too. And while I understand why the main characters don’t want to be killed, eaten or turned into zombies, I think it’s also important to examine the other point of view here. Continue reading “Are zombies really all that bad?”
No matter how many times I use a few certain words, I always seem to spell them incorrectly.
Spellcheck usually helps me, but it’s frustrating that I keep typing these words wrong. Our judges also have certain words that give them trouble, so they put together this list of the “Top 5 Words I Always Spell Incorrectly.”
I am hoping that by making this list, it will help me spell these words correctly in the future. I’m also curious about the words that you run into that give you problems. Continue reading “Which words do you consistently misspell?”
While working earlier this week, I was struck by the thought about how many words related to time have double meanings. This shocking discovery cost me a few hours of productivity, but it also left me with this important study to share with you today.
Please don’t tell my bosses, but here are a few of the surprising examples about how words that we use to describe time nearly always have second meanings, or at least similar words that sound roughly the same: Continue reading “An important study on time-related words that have second meanings”
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