2022

I am more apt to say “ruckus.” It is true. If any kind of disturbance or disruption comes about, and I later recount the story to someone else? My go-to word in the description is “ruckus.” “You should have seen it. That little mouse came out of nowhere and ran right across the restaurant floor. […]

Now here is a word. I didn’t know this word until today. avuncular adjective | uh-VUNK-yuh-ler And what could it mean? Avuncular is used to describe someone or something as being “like an uncle,” especially “kind or friendly like an uncle.” Like an uncle. My dad had one brother. My mom had none.So in that

It’s a three-random word day. Despite our thoughts on this, one way or the other, science tells us that the universe is fundamentally random. This does not mean that there is no order to the universe. So a few offerings from the Random Word Machine. Hop.Dizzy. Fan. Hop. The first thing I think of when

When I first heard about today’s story, I couldn’t help but think of two things. The first was from my childhood. One of Batman’s enemies, Mister Freeze. Here’s how it went for him. His real name was Dr. Art Schivel, and he had been experimenting in his secret lab. Accidents will happen. And so it

I write about this historic date because I feel it is important to remember. So. It was on this date, November 18, 1978, when Jim Jones, the founder of the “Peoples Temple,” led hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide. They were in the country of Guyana in South America. It was a farm

The United States. A funny tree. We have three branches of our tree. And on this date, all three had a leaf or two to turn. Legislative Branch On November 17, 1800, the United States Congress met for the first time in the newly built Capitol in Washington, D.C. It had been established by The

Sometimes, I do it here. Every so often, I write about the tragedies of our past. I wouldn’t say that I’m fixated on these things, but I will say that occasionally, I am fascinated or intrigued. Well, it appears that I’m not alone in this. Around the world, people often travel to sites of death

I can remember when I got my first cell phone, though I’m not solid about the year. It was sometime in the late 1990s, as I worked for the library. A few of us in administration were issued these phones. At that time, these “types” of cellular phones also served as walkie-talkies, so, with a