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31 Jul, 2008

Twelve Interesting Words

Posted by: robertstevenson In: Grammar posts| Interesting stuff| Writing

Twelve Interesting Words
 How many words are in your vocabulary? The average high school graduate is said to know about 10,000 words. The average 4-year college graduate is said to know about 20,000 words. Do you have room for any more words in your vocabulary?
Here are some interesting words, which you may not know.
Upon learning an interesting [...]

30 Jul, 2008

Silly Sign 43: Where are they now?

Posted by: robertstevenson In: *Silly stuff (signs, news, pics)

Silly Signs : Where are they now?
If you are a regular visitor to Rob’s Megaphone, you know I’m a huge Andy Griffith Show fan. I even started an Andy Griffith Show group on Stumble.
Well, you can imagine my surprize when I stumbled upon this sign.

 
 
 
 
 
Since moving to Mount Pilot, Bea dropped the ”Aunt”
an now goes by Madam.
 
 

29 Jul, 2008

July 30: on this day

Posted by: robertstevenson In: Interesting stuff| Life| Thoughts

July 30
On this day in . . .  
1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
1729 – Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
1932 – Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees, the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor, premieres.
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1954 
Elvis [...]

Silly News 31
Do ya think they’re in the wrong profession

Highlighted line: “Why risk a poor quality job when we guarantee it!

28 Jul, 2008

Tribute to James Herriot

Posted by: robertstevenson In: Life

James Herriot (October 3, 1916 –  February 23, 1995),  my favorite author, has left many treasures behind.
I take them out and read them often.
If you have not had the pleasure of experiencing any of his works, please do me a favor and give one a try.
I hope you enjoy this tribute.
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Read more about James Heriott here as [...]

28 Jul, 2008

Silly News 30: a very slow news day!

Posted by: robertstevenson In: *Silly stuff (signs, news, pics)

Silly News 30
A very slow news day!

 
More silly news here.

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University
 

Curiosity corner: The tale of two kiwis  — bird and fruit linked by looks
Question: Are the kiwi bird and the kiwi fruit related?

Reply: Well, not really. You don’t usually cross a bird with a fruit. However, there is a correlation, or perhaps a resemblance. The one [...]

Silly Signs 42
What Those Street Signs Really Mean

26 Jul, 2008

Check out One Cool Post

Posted by: robertstevenson In: Writing

I loved this post from One Cool Site. Please have a look on how to become a better blogger. This post (part 4) deals with the essentials of branding, organizations, content, and seo elements. I use this blog often for tips to improve my blog and my writing.
Branding: Defining your blog’s uniqueness is difficult but [...]

26 Jul, 2008

History of 1500s: Authenticity Uncertainty

Posted by: robertstevenson In: Fun stuff| Interesting stuff| Thoughts

The information for this post was sent to me by a friend to run on Rob’s Megaphone. 
I thought it was really interesting, so I dug a little.  I discovered that this post had made the rounds in the blogosphere – more than once. What I found most interesting was that more than 200 sites ran this history from the [...]


 

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