Bits past, present, and future
Have you noticed some signs of our frantic times? Who hasn’t? Consider, for example, the ways we speak — I mean the way many people are speaking these days in the broadcast media. Where have the verbs gone? Living and thriving the participles (and occasional gerunds) . . . I mean [...]
per-
(A prefix; connotes modification, intensification, as in perfection . . .)
My Dear, if I say you are gorgeous:
You knock my eyes out!
What if I say Hey, Per-gorgeousness?
Have I eyes enough to last? I hope so.
Others have had more definitive things to say about the blogosphere, the bloglic (blogging public, as in, “One must choose one’s words carefully when writing in bloglic.”), and the democratizing influences of the World Wide Web. Yes, the weblogging phenomenon is huge — and voices proliferate! Oh, that all whose voices should be [...]
Refers generically to the sporting public attired in purple; otherwise, specifically, to gameday wear for fans of the TCU Horned Frogs, the Wildcats of Wiley College and of Northwestern University, and the Washington Huskies, among others.
Vamping for Chocolate . . .
See the related story on “Count Choculitis” at csummers.org