About two years ago, I came across a British newspaper article on a book by a former BBC researcher exploring the breadth and often intriguing nature of about foreign words and phrases. I wrote about some of the words I enjoyed. The book wasn’t available in the U.S. then but I recently came across the […]
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South Dakota Blogosphere Bulletin Board Sadly, Blind Orange Julius is shutting down his “news service” for health reasons. Go read his post and then wander the archives. Blog Headline of the Week Award This link on The Faster Times: Cruise Industry to Wives: Ensure Your Husbands Aren’t Psychos Before Saying Bon Voyage. The link went […] Bob Newland, take note: Michigan court says probation order with blanket prohibition against any “defamatory and demeaning communications” is void, even when the the probationer says of the sentencing judge, ” cursed shall be the fruit of thy body. The Lord shall smite thee with consumption and with a fever and with an inflammation and […] Given developments in technology and other issues confronting the world, no one should probably be surprised. Yet considering the state of technoogy when it occurred, it’s a shame that even in the last decade the moon landing has lost some its shine. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, fewer people today list space […] A double dose of BTT this week. I was in Massachusetts last week so didn’t have at hand the info to respond to that BTT, listed first. And since today’s is a follow-up, I’m posting both today. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your […] |
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