Tag: fun
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americanisms for brits
I’ve been addicted to British telly for a long time and love some of our linguistic differences. Here are some words and phrases common in the colonies that puzzle our cousins over the pond. I’m sure you can come up with even better ones. football bangs takeout head’s up deplane hike reach out to pants…
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globe theatre
In the words of Charlie Brown, “Life is like a snow globe: sometimes you have to shake things up and see what happens!” That clever title and quote comes from my Word Seeks which sits next to my Crossword Puzzles, one of which I daily partake, depending on the quantity and quality of my grey…
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half birthdays
Everybody should celebrate their half birthday, especially when it falls on a holiday. In addition to my traditional halving lunch with a friend, 1/2 dozen roses, 1/2 gallon ice cream, watering 1/2 my plants, etc., this year, I am preparing to get myself something special. Finding out Mahjong is very popular here, I thought I…
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pie, pi, π
I’ve done some research. Today is a universally accepted holiday, March 14, π day. While I detest Hallmark capitalist proliferated made-up special days, this I am considering celebrating. Pi Day, founded in 1988 (wow, I am really late), celebrates the mathematical ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, π, 3.14, hence, March 14. Welcome…
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leaping
Leap day suggestions: – end a toxic relationship, the anniversary remembrance comes every 4 years – find something that costs or ends in 29 cents – get 29 dollar bills and spend frivolously – get a jump rope or small trampoline and leap 29 times – walk 29 steps 29 times (that’s approximately 900 steps)…
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