Is Irregardless a Real Word?
Is Irregardless a Real Word?
Maybe Yes, Maybe No. Depends who you ask.
The Merriam Webster Dictionary says “Yes.”
The Chicago Manual of Style says “No.”
“It’s a Wonderful Life” Almost Never Happened
Perhaps the most beloved Christmas film of all time got its start during a morning shave.
Philip Van Doren Stern, while getting ready for work one day in 1938, had an idea for a story: A stranger appears from nowhere to save a husband and father from a suicide attempt on Christmas Eve, restoring his joy of living by helping him realize his value to others.
Elfin Magic
It was December 23, 2009. Our adult children were home for Christmas. It was day two of five. The three sons-in- laws played the board game, War in one room. Our daughters were on electronic devices—shopping.
Our granddaughter was now sprawled on the floor in the open-concept living room-kitchen in front of the television, which blared full blast on the Discovery Channel.
I couldn’t look at the screen. Somewhere a zebra was being taken down by an enormous cat. I would have preferred the Disney Channel, but Discovery was the parent-approved choice.
17 Fascinating Hobbies to Start Over the Holidays
New hobbies for over the holidays.
Looking for a new interest? Here are 17 unusual hobbies.
Hanukkah Trivia
Hanukkah Trivia – Why do we celebrate Hanukkah for eight nights? Lighting the menorah.
Somebody or Someone?
Indefinite pronouns are used when you don’t know (or care) what the specific noun is, but you just need to indicate that there is a noun.
Indefinite pronouns include: each, either, both, several, neither, nothing.
Then there are the indefinite pronoun pairs: anybody/anyone, everybody/everyone, nobody/no one, somebody, some one.
Six Authors Who Changed the English Language Forever
Much of our modern language didn’t exist more than a few hundred years ago.
So who changed it? Who made up all these words and phrases?
IT THINKS FOR YOU
Artificial Intelligence is here and it’s more sophisticated than you think.
Open AI has created ChatGPT.
Basically, you ask it a question and it will reply. It’s not like Siri or Alexa; it thinks for you!
This Can’t be Happening
It was the autumn of 2021, we were in the middle of 25-day 5500-mile road trip that we dubbed “The Celebration of Life Tour.”
What could go wrong???
How to Make An Audiobook
How does a self-published author get their book onto Audible or iTunes?
What steps are involved and how complicated is it to publish an audiobook?
