Rob’s Megaphone

14 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 [...]

Curiosity Corner: Debris clouds are growing
 
(submitted to Rob’s Megaphone)
By Dr. Jerry D. Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University
 

          There are some 400 military and civilian satellites orbiting above us, along with clouds of debris – all traveling at thousands of miles per hour. NASA estimates there are 18,000 objects in orbit larger than a [...]

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Looking up at the American flag today, I cannot help but see the men and women who died fighting to protect my country.
I can see:
the 6,000 patriots who died in the Revolutionary War in our first struggle for independence.
the 500,000 who perished in the Civil War who fought and died in defense of [...]

Newscasters must demonstrate credibility to garner trust in viewers.
I think these folks illustrate the point I’m trying to make.

A few racey remarks in this one

RANDOM FACTS
Twelve or more cows are known as a “flink.” A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of ravens is called a murder.
Every time you lick a [...]

Here are some of Rob’s Megaphone’s favorite silly pics – No Captions Required.

Rob’s Rules for Writing
(This deep-links post revisits some of my previous posts)
Good writing requires tools, rules, and jewels.
 I hope you’ll find a new tool here to help craft your next masterpiece. Many of us have the same tools in our writing toolbox, but some may have gotten a little rusty. Rules were made to be [...]