Names and other proper nouns can be really odd, can’t they?
Posted on March 10, 2010 - Filed Under Lifestyle News | Leave a Comment
I guess as a writer, I’m somewhat sensitive to names, really to nouns in general.
Why do we call “western shirts” that — but we generally don’t have anything like “eastern shirts” in the normal fashion pantheon? I can understand “casual” clothing and “formal” clothing distinctions pretty well. I sort of get “business” dress, but “business [...]
Fun seeing someone from the past, noticing age changes
Posted on February 15, 2010 - Filed Under Lifestyle News | Leave a Comment
I was sitting here watching the local news earlier this evening and a commercial for a local computer sales company came on. It’s a company that was started by local ownership more than 20 years ago.
The person doing the commercial, identified now as the owner, was the son of the founding owner. And I bought [...]
My personal concept of ‘hardships’ shifted again with Haiti disaster
Posted on February 2, 2010 - Filed Under Lifestyle News, World News | Leave a Comment
It’s easy, for me anyway, to get so caught up in my life, my family, … “me, me, me” … that I lose sight of people in my world and the world in general who suffer real hardships.
But I think my personal concept of the whole idea of “hardships” shifted once again following the earthquakes [...]
