Word Play continued

 

Why is "dark" spelled with a k and not c?  Because you can't see in the dark.

Why is unwise to share our secrets with a clock?  Time will tell.

When I told my contractor I didn't want carpeted stepss, he gave me a blank stare.

Bono and The Edge walk into a Dublin bar and and the bartender says, "Oh no, not U2 again.

Prison is just one word to you, but for some people it's a whole sentence.

Scientists got together to study the effectrs of alcohol on a person's walk and the result was staggering.

I'm trying to organize a hide-and-seek tournament but players are really hard to find.

I got over my addiction to chocolate, marshamallows  and nuts.  I won't lie.  It was a rocky road.

What do you say to comfort a friend who's struggling with grammar? There, their, they're.

I went to the toy store and asked the assistant where the Schwarzenegger dolls are and he replied, "Aisle B Back."

What did the surgeon say to the patient who iinsisted on closing up their own incision? Suture self.

I've started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes.  It's all about raisin awareness.

Word Play

Hope you enjoy these Wordplay sentences:

Dad, are we pyromaniacs?  Yes, we arson.

What do you call a pig with laryngitis?  Disgruntled.

Writing my name in cursive is my signature move.

Why do bees stay in their hives during winter?  Swarm.

If you're bad at haggling, you'll end up paying the price.

Just so everyone is clear, I'm going to put my glasses on.

A commander walks into a bar and orders everyone around.

I lost my job as a stage designer.  I left without making a scene.

Never buy flowers from a monk.  Only you can prevent forest friars.

How much did the pirate pay to get his ears pierced?  A buccaneer.

I once worked at a cheap pizza shop to get buy.  I kneaded the dough.

My friends and I have named our band "Duvet."  It's a cover band.

I lost my girlfriend's audiobook and now I'll never hear the end of it.

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It's Super Bowl Sunday, and I always root for the underdogs.  Go Bengals.

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My Wordle average is still 100%.  I understand there's now a six-letter Wordle.  

Books of January

 Cloud Cuckoo Land:  Anthony Doerr's latest.  His last, All the light We Cannot See, is a hard act to follow.  Neverthelees, Cloud Cuckoo Land, a novel about readers who are outsiders, is a finalist for the National Book Award.  It takes place in three vastly different times:  Constantinople in 1453 as it falls to the Muslims, present day U.S. in a library in Idaho, and a space ship on its way to a distant planet.  It's very long but worth reading.

The Empire of Pain.  An absorbing read about the Sackler family and Perdue Pharma that started the oxycontin crisis with their aggressive marketing.

The Heroine with 1001 Faces:  Another long book.  The author spends a lot of space complaining about the silencing and marginalization of women throughout history although she does mention women heroes, among them Pippi Longstocking and Jo March.

Red Comet.  Everything you ever ever ever wanted to know about the life...and death... of Sylvia Plath.  Another highly regarded book.

Happy reading!

P.S..So far my Woordle score is 14 correct out of 14.  

WORDLE

 I have succumbed to Wordle, the new online craze.  You begin with a blank gtid and type in a five-letter word.  My strategy is to begin with a word that has the letters R, S, and E.  E is the most used vowel so you have a good chance, S the most used consonant.  You press enter and the letters are shown in different colors:  green means a letter you've typed is in the correct place in the answer; yellow means it's in the word but not in the place you've put it; gray means it's not in the word.  In the grid above, the letters A and O are somewhere in the answer, just not where you put them.  I usually pick a word for the second grid with an A (second most common vowel) and an L since it shows up in a lot of consonant blends.  You have six chances to spell the correct word.  So far, I've gotten all of them, probably because as a speech pathologist I had a lot of practice thinking up words with different sounds.

Note:  This game is addicting but you can't overdo it because there is only one puzzle a day.  You can google Wordle and get to the website and see entries on strategy It's a fun way to start the day.

The Journey by Patricia Greer

 Here's a poem for the new year:

May your journey be rich\

And meaningful

Not easy--

Easy is not the point.

May you learn much

And be certain of little,

Allowing yourself to walk a path

That sometimes has no footprints

Ahead of yours.

Keep going.

The rules are simple, I think

Notice,

Care,

Appreciate.

Go slow sometimes

So you can go deep,

Seek and savor.

Find what is yours to do in the world,

That exact-dead-center place

That uses all of you.

And then do it.

Books of December

The Anomaly:  Science fiction:  A plane makes it through a storm and lands in Newark.  Days later, each of the passengers is arrested by the FBI.  Why?  Read to find out.  Cool story.

When We Cease to Understand the World:  Fictionalized versions of the work of famous scientists and the aftermath of their discoveries--some beneficial for humanity, others devastating.  One discovery made Zyclon B, the gas used in the Nazi death camps, possible.
 

2021=2022: Looking Back, Looking Forward

 

 2021

Favorite Nonfiction Book:  Sidecontry

Favirute Fiction:  The Plot

                              Apples Never Fall

Favoite Movie:  King Richard

Best Sports Story:  Astros Make the World Series

Worse Sports Story: `1, Astros Lose the World Series

                                   2, The Texans

Favorite Excursions:   Calder and Picasso at the Museum of Fine Arts

                                    Shopping at the Junior Forum and lunch at Alice Blue

Favorite TV:  The Voice

                        Kids' Baking Championship

Best Out of Town Trip:  None, due to COVID

2021 was a year of chaos:  January 6th, Astroworld, Shootings, Trials, Protests, Barbs from the left and from the right; Vaccines and hopes for the pandemic to end, out in the world again, delta variant, hopes for the pandemic to end, out in the world again, omicron variant, Afghanistan, floods, wildfires, tornados, the February freeze.

We have been living in "interesting times."

Enough!  Hope 2022 won't be as interesting.