If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
[George Orwell]
Category Archives: memes
Ten Things: July
This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.
Ten Words ending with -ra
- cobra
- abracadabra
- kookaburra
- aspidistra
- chakra
- capybara
- chimera
- tempura
- tantra
- mudra
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.
Quote of the Month
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
[Joseph Campbell]
Ten Things: June
This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.
Ten Words ending with -i
- dhobi
- mehari
- punani
- barramundi
- maharishi
- origami
- chapati
- biryani
- kimchi
- yogini
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.
Quote of the Month
The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.
[Mark Twain]
Ten Things: May
This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.
Ten Words ending with -oon
- doubloon
- quadroon
- protozoon
- forenoon
- typhoon
- dragoon
- buffoon
- lampoon
- cardoon
- baboon
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.
Quote of the Month
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
[George Bernard Shaw]
Ten Things: April
This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.
Ten Words ending with -z
- frizz
- pizzaz
- blitz
- razzamatazz
- megahertz
- kibbutz
- quartz
- chintz
- waltz
- whizz
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.
Quote of the Month
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
[Hans Christian Anderson]
Ten Things: March
This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.
Ten Words ending with -id
- druid
- foetid
- carotenoid
- milkmaid
- camelid
- meteoroid
- apartheid
- colloid
- thyroid
- fibroid
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.