I failed at the challenge completely, shame on me. I have very little time to spend blogging and reading other blogs (far less time I would like to have) and, in addition I had such a bad cold last weekend I hardly managed to turn on my computer. Still, it sounds like a bad excuse. So, I only visited a few blogs by the hop, but I did not find anything that would hook me to “actually” follow, which was the real purpose of the challenge, anyway. I posted 3 comments to two of the blogs I already follow, but that’s all. However, even if the challenge was a disaster for me, I stuck to the principle to follow a blog for real or not at all. Sometimes I just miss the fact that the book is a part of a series and I start with the book I came across even if it is not the first in the series. I did that this September, when I was hooked on a book, having no idea that it is a part of a series. I was well into the book before I find out it is a sequel, but I read it through. Now, I...
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Playing with new words in any year does no damage to the English language. It is often another way humor is created with and from language -- and it goes |
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iPad apps - Whether they were wasting time playing Angry Birds or Doodle Jump or learning new words with Montessori Crossword, the iPad was this year's best |
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What three words would you use to describe 2010 for the world? Do you make New Year's resolutions? Why or why not? Yes. I think self-reflection is important |
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(In other words, people in New Zealand were willing to break the law to watch a show NBC couldn't give away in America for free!) Dexter, which ranked third |
You've no doubt tripped over one or two of 2010's — the words we invented, repurposed, breathed new life into or otherwise paid lip service to over the
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