Showing posts with label obsolete words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obsolete words. Show all posts

14 March 2012

Roundups? Maybe?


I've seen weekly roundups on other blogs and I've always had mixed feelings about them, leaning toward not liking them. I think the major problem for me is that I don't want to click on a bunch of links to see what they are, instead I want good descriptive blurbs to not only hook me, but to let me know exactly what I'm getting so I don't waste my time. (Not that I'm against wasting time, in fact I'm quite good at it, I just want to do it on my own terms.) But since I see interesting things on the Internet that I wouldn't necessarily dedicate a whole post to, what can I do but a general, un-themed roundup? So I'm going to give it a whirl on Wednesdays and see how it feels. Please make comments or suggestions about what kind of things you would be interested seeing in this format.

Words!
A list of "20 Obsolete English Words That Should Make a Comeback" from Matador Abroad. Usually obsolete English words are super fun to say. They feel like nonsense in your mouth, or like a foreign language to what English is now. Here are a few examples: quagswagging, yemeles, jargogle, and kench. http://bit.ly/z0Mbd4

Images! 
An awesome illustrated wallpaper inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. http://bit.ly/y3940a

One of the best pictures the Internet has given me involving a cat. Warning: This picture either terrifies people or sends them into laughing fits. Click with care. http://bit.ly/ADozW9

Articles!
From The Wall Street Journal, "Are You As Busy As You Think?" A simple yet thought-provoking (for me) article on being "busy" (yes in quotes) and how we spend our time. I found it relevant. Plus it touches on the power of language, which is an important aspect in my life. From the article: "Instead of saying 'I don't have time' try saying 'it's not a priority,' and see how that feels.... Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don't like how we're spending an hour, we can choose differently." http://on.wsj.com/yErp5v

A short NPR piece about the concept of nothing, and one artist's journey (Rauschenberg) toward representing nothing. The article forced me to think in a different way that took me on a short journey out of my own thought bubble. http://n.pr/xtv8zX


Products!
I try not to be passive-agressive (I just want to be regular agressive), but it's hard when passive-agression comes in a handy pre-fab notebook from ModCloth.com. http://bit.ly/uPAAPp