Over 150 students have enrolled in my “Word Power: Vocabulary Builder” course on SpacedEd. Try it out at: http://www.spaceded.com/DanSpira/courses/299-Word-Power-Vocabulary-Builder …it’s fun, fast, free, and colloquially expansive!
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Last Friday an oral surgeon cut into my gums with a blade, then using a high-power saw, some clamps and brute force, cut and tore out two large teeth from the back of my jaw. They call them wisdom teeth because apparently when you have them removed, you’re supposed to be smart enough to give [...]
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Some people walk around with a metaphorical rain cloud over their head. For others, there’s no rain cloud, but there’s something else: an Invisible Ash Cloud that you can’t see and won’t bother you, as long as you stay on the ground.
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The Meme Menagerie will be returning from vacation in Japan shortly.
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What is it about the combination of food and government antics that send journalists into a pun-frenzy? Never mind the Europeans and their food regulations. Here’s what the news ticker looks like regarding the whole White House “Beer Summit” silliness: White House “beer summit” aims to quench racial flap Beer Diplomacy: The Red, Light and Blue [...]
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Dragon’s Eggs… they’re just like popcorn, only buttered with a magnesium-aluminum alloy… Tasty! Whistlers… or as D.E.S. would call them, Screaming-Slytherin-Quiddich-Players-From-Hello-Without-the-O Scrambling Comets… cf. Whistlers Salute… used for those grande finales, blinding-Titanium-white explosions of earth-shaking, ear-splitting, bowel-moving power The World’s Biggest Firework Shell… 48 inches of incinerating love… haven’t seen this one personally, but apparently [...]
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Here’s a follow-on to last year’s little video tribute to Canada Day: Living in the U.S. can be a challenge for Canucks. As a literature professor once explained to me, in the American story, a hero’s rite of passage consists of a road trip across the United States and/or losing his/her virginity. The Canadian hero, on the other hand, either battles [...]
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“I’m the kind of guy who will spend half a day working out a way to avoid doing something twice.” “Yup, I can relate to that. I just did that yesterday.” Frustrated with his struggle to conform with the world of time sheets and seeking a better way to manage his time, Michael Hunger [...]
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Cleaning my desk yields the following half-baked ideas, scribbled on various scraps of paper: “A thud is the sound of success in the making.” – M. Lyon margarita recipe: 2 shots Captain Morgan on ice 1/3 orange juice 1/3 cranberry juice 1/3 pineapple juice – M. Lowenthal Use BLOCK letters or script letters on flip [...]
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