Category Archives: Words

Too Many Words!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

I have this feeling I’ve written an excessive number of blog posts about clutter. But every so often it hits me that it would be a great topic! So I go ahead and write about clutter because I’ve temporarily forgotten … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Words | 117 Comments

Birth of the Bard

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Today is Shakespeare’s Birthday, we assume. Three days hence the books note his baptism Counting backwards experts all presume For natal days, this one must be his’n. Wrote sonnets and some pretty famous plays. Penned some lines that surely are … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Uncategorized, Words | 58 Comments

Inflated Superstition

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Today’s Guest Post comes from Clyde. I had four flat bike tires in eight days. Then a week later my wife said, “Well, you haven’t had a flat in a few days.” I gritted my teeth, but did not answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Words | 77 Comments

Old Soldiers

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

This is the anniversary of General Douglas MacArthur’s farewell address, which included the catchphrase “Old Soliders Never Die, They Just Fade Away.” To my way of thinking, the line is more appropriate to describe the end of the perpetual Disc … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia, Songs, Words | 106 Comments

Lover Word

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

Late in the day in yesterday’s comments section for the post “Word Lover”, Clyde had an interesting observation that some may have missed, so I’ll repeat it here: True, there seems to be a missing word. “Master” is the logical … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Words | 84 Comments

Loose Lips Sink Ships

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Today’s post comes from Trail Baboon’s Living and Loving correspondent and a man who is a bottomless well of wellness – B. Marty Barry. Greetings to all my friends struggling against the relentless currents of life. I’m here to grace … Continue reading →

Posted in B. Marty Barry, Words | 70 Comments

G.O.A.T.LING(go)

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Today’s guest post comes from Barbara in Robbinsdale. It’s time, Babooners, for the next round of additions to our Glossary of Accepted Terms, or G.O.A.T.. Every so often the bin gets full, and it has been a particularly rich half … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Words | 109 Comments

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Today’s guest post comes from Beth Ann. There are an amazing number of performances of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” to be found on YouTube. Everyone from Alfalfa to Patti Page and from Kate Smith to the Mills Brothers join … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Guest Blogs, Poems, Words | 107 Comments

The Sound of Two Lips Flapping

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

One of my self-educational hobby projects last year involved recording an audio book. I’ve done a lot of on-microphone reading of silly things I’ve written, but taking on the task of narrating someone else’s book was a job I found … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Words | 113 Comments

New & Improved!

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

When it comes to marketing, I’m promotionally impaired. I never could get the hang of touting stuff, so it should come as no surprise that I’m baffled by my Artichoke Bruschetta. When I bought and opened a jar in November, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Words | 66 Comments