I'm not sure what came first, but I love reading and enjoy choosing the right word. Bad mixes of words sometimes are referred to as word salad. Hope to avoid that affliction today.
I have always enjoyed words. There are some words I never want to use and then some words that are simply a melody to read and say. When I was fresh out of high school, I met a friend and her mom and my new friend's best friend and we'd get together at the mother's house and play PROBE, a Parker Bros. game that surfaced in 1964. I had no idea why I loved playing the game, but I did. It would only be years later when I'd realize that my love for that game was because of the love of words I was acquiring. Any word games I find enjoyable. Writing the screenplay, there were times when I needed the character to say the right word to deliver the emotional punch I was looking for. Most people could care less about words, which is fine, but when I really work at writing carefully, it becomes a game for me to find the right word for the right situation.
Love pizza anytime anywhere 😊 Don't believe in over eating no matter size or animal. If we all listened to our internal clocks/cues we'd eat less and only when truly hungry. Man that sandwich, I would need a knife and fork to handle that.
I chose “eat last slice to avoid cleanup” bc it made me laugh. Two really is the ideal but I will typically eat 2.5 and then feel sorry.
I wonder if humans are actually the middle ground when it comes to sizes of life forms on this planet. We may be one hundredth the size of an elephant but on the other end I’d bet we are 10,000 times the size of an ant. I’d guess we are more like 80th percentile. There must be a handy chart of this somewhere...
I'm a big believer in moderation, a middle way on balance. Though I enjoy forays to occasional extremes, and innovation can come from outlier modes of thinking, too much time at the extremes loses both perspective and enjoyment. Nothing is ever "always" or "never" ;-)
Fun column, thank you! I own a Bubba keg - my son gave it to me - but only used it a couple times because the dang thing doesn't fit in my car's cup holder and it seems to be impossible to drink from it without dribbling... very unattractive! 😂 My son eventually stopped using his for the same reason.
Your friend could buy some cucumbers and make his own sweet pickles - if canning is too intimidating, there are lots of recipes online for refrigerator pickles.
I really admire your intellectual curiosity, Mark!
I'm surprised "dogma" isn't an older word. But, then, again, I suppose it makes sense that as society became more secular in the 19th century, "dogma" would become more useful.
Interesting and fun! These days I find myself thinking about the word “Compliance”. It seems to have affected the medical device industry in a curious way! To an extent that we seem to have forgotten the basic principles of Quality!
I have always enjoyed words. There are some words I never want to use and then some words that are simply a melody to read and say. When I was fresh out of high school, I met a friend and her mom and my new friend's best friend and we'd get together at the mother's house and play PROBE, a Parker Bros. game that surfaced in 1964. I had no idea why I loved playing the game, but I did. It would only be years later when I'd realize that my love for that game was because of the love of words I was acquiring. Any word games I find enjoyable. Writing the screenplay, there were times when I needed the character to say the right word to deliver the emotional punch I was looking for. Most people could care less about words, which is fine, but when I really work at writing carefully, it becomes a game for me to find the right word for the right situation.
Love pizza anytime anywhere 😊 Don't believe in over eating no matter size or animal. If we all listened to our internal clocks/cues we'd eat less and only when truly hungry. Man that sandwich, I would need a knife and fork to handle that.
I chose “eat last slice to avoid cleanup” bc it made me laugh. Two really is the ideal but I will typically eat 2.5 and then feel sorry.
I wonder if humans are actually the middle ground when it comes to sizes of life forms on this planet. We may be one hundredth the size of an elephant but on the other end I’d bet we are 10,000 times the size of an ant. I’d guess we are more like 80th percentile. There must be a handy chart of this somewhere...
I'm a big believer in moderation, a middle way on balance. Though I enjoy forays to occasional extremes, and innovation can come from outlier modes of thinking, too much time at the extremes loses both perspective and enjoyment. Nothing is ever "always" or "never" ;-)
Fun column, thank you! I own a Bubba keg - my son gave it to me - but only used it a couple times because the dang thing doesn't fit in my car's cup holder and it seems to be impossible to drink from it without dribbling... very unattractive! 😂 My son eventually stopped using his for the same reason.
Your friend could buy some cucumbers and make his own sweet pickles - if canning is too intimidating, there are lots of recipes online for refrigerator pickles.
Off to chores. I am a shambolic housekeeper...
I really admire your intellectual curiosity, Mark!
I'm surprised "dogma" isn't an older word. But, then, again, I suppose it makes sense that as society became more secular in the 19th century, "dogma" would become more useful.
Interesting and fun! These days I find myself thinking about the word “Compliance”. It seems to have affected the medical device industry in a curious way! To an extent that we seem to have forgotten the basic principles of Quality!