According to dictionary.com, “The ending -nym or, most often, -onym is a combining form from Greek that means “name.”” Most people are familiar with words like synonym, pseudonym, etc. The other day I saw one I had never heard of, so I did a very little bit of research and found some interesting ones. There […]
For many years now this has been my favorite poem, by Robert Frost. Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and […]
When I started using my local library as a kid, we didn’t have library cards. Instead, in the back of every book was a one card held in a sleeve and another taped to the book. When you wanted to check out a book you’d take it to the desk, and they’d pull out the […]
I recently hit 5000 followers on Twitter, and I was surprised by how many people asked how I did it. I mentioned it in passing, like I would mention if we drove by the world’s largest ball of twine. I told my wife the answer is I didn’t do anything at all to specifically get […]