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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Lists: Four Misnomers and One God’s Honest Truth
Misnomers 1. Daylight Savings Time In the late 1950s I was eight years old, a time when my mother routinely told us to clean our dinner plates because “children were starving in Armenia.” I did not grasp this logic … Continue reading
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Podcast Lists: Four Misnomers and One God’s Honest Truth
https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Lists-Misnomers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDaylight savings time, the PATRIOT Act, Starbuck’s Tall drinks, Sit Back Relax and Enjoy the Flight and Imitation Crabmeat. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:
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5 Best Idioms Using the Word Shit
Every language is enlivened by its array of idioms and my impression is that English is particularly well-endowed, perhaps because Shakespeare played for our team. I have collected dictionaries of idioms, including specialized references, such as idioms of the army … Continue reading
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Podcast: 5 Best Idioms Using the Word Shit
https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Five-Best-Shit-Idioms.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThere are so many to choose from, which are the best? Follow Liza Blue on: Share:
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Open Letter to Stephen Hawking
There is one thing humans have relied on, well beyond the standard cliché of death and taxes. It is the universal standard of a second as an enduring constant across cultures and time. Some extremist with a jittery trigger finger … Continue reading
Lists: Bad Christmas Songs
On December 23rd, I set out on a solo drive 360 miles straight north to the shores of Lake Superior with the rest of the family following shortly behind in a second car. I frequently take this drive and look forward … Continue reading
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Podcast: Open Letter to Stephen Hawking
https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dear-Dr.-Hawking.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA knitter’s advice to Stephen Hawking on how to simplify astrophysics. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:
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