Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Not drunk, as with wine. Drunk, as in imbibed. To be drunk like a tea, not to be drunk like a sailor.
In other words, “I smell like tea.” Therefore, “I smell like I should be drunk.” That was my observation the first time I used one of these pillow things: Read it all
When two sewers become one:
This started with an unfortunate email Subject line I saw this morning:
Scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper; a louse devoted to scandal
Scamps — unscrupulous and often mischievous people; rascals; rogues; scalawags
Schemingly — making sly, underhanded, crafty plans
School — to educate; teach; train
Scurrilous — characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive
Skunks — thoroughly contemptible people
And now you’ve had your delightfully delicious daily dictionary dose.
I suppose you thought this would be a politically proclived post pertaining to one or more or all of the following: Read it all
Since plumb and numb end with the same sound,
Why don’t plumber and number end with the same sound?
Because a plumber is one who plumbs,
But a number is not one who numbs.
Is he?
Mi nose was stuffy, plugged, congested, and/or mormada this morning.
So, with a built-in tribute to are anguished English language
And in memory of the Burma Shave
I present “Ode to My Node,” composed well before breakfast this morning… Read it all
At times I’ve seen lists or guidelines or policies on the Web that impress me as something I’d like to use as a pattern for my own site.
So I copy-and-paste.
Then I personalize it to my style and localize it to my site. (I dislike — and maybe disdain and despise — plagiarism
One problem with the practice of borrowing content is Read it all
Does Hank the Cowdog understand King James English? (I think he does.)
But never mind Hank for now. Instead, tune in John Erickson’s appeal for “a language that maintains honesty, simplicity, and clarity.”
Consider your own use of the English language. Read it all
