Born in Mississipi, Chicago bluesman Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) would have turned 100 today (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976). His version of Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” blues poured cocaine, love and murder into one mean, raw line: “But one spoon of little .45 save you from another man.” Ok, cross out ‘love’.
Happy Birthday, [...]
They’re similar, but different: * meeting * appointment * date
Can you schedule a/an _________________ for the project team?
ɯɐǝʇ ɐ ɥʇıʍ ƃuıʇǝǝɯ ɐ ǝlnpǝɥɔs
I want to make a/an ___________________ with Mr Hoss to discuss the CERT project.
ǝuoǝɯos ɥʇıʍ ʇuǝɯʇuıoddɐ uɐ ǝʞɐɯ
Can we fix a/an ______________________ for the next meeting?
ʇuǝʌǝ ʎuɐ ɹoɟ ǝʇɐp ɐ xıɟ
I think Hossy [...]
So you see, The Tallest Man on Earth, Kristian Matsson, isn’t tall at all. Swedes. Experts at dealing with bad weather. I love the way he says “daisssies” and “rossses”. Naked emotion:
The Tallest Man on Earth – Graceland (Paul Simon Cover)
b-side single, not on album
As a non-native songwriter, he uses recognizeable chunks of [...]
Just reacting to a tweet by Nergiz (about someone else) made me realize that my self-deprecating self-referential language – “grammar guru” and “method blogger” – could be taken at face value. Oops. Needless to say, I am neither a (grammar or any other kind of) guru, nor a method actor. I frankly wouldn’t know what [...]
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