“Your vocabulary is somewhat lessened of late…” -Gandalf, LOTR/TTT (sort of)
Michel Thomas, one of my favorite autobots, er, polyglots… says that the ‘active vocabulary’ of anyone, in most major languages, is between 500 and 1500 words. 500 being the rough estimate for a 5th grader and 1500 for a reasonably developed speaker of the language. In NY, a major newspaper determined that they use only 600 words in a given sunday edition of their paper. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Interdisciplinary Action, Seemingly Random , gandalf, gap, less is more. goodwill, lotr, merriam webster, michel thomas, vocabulary
This is a post about a knife and a piece of rope that does not end with a “frayed knot” punchline.
So first, the knife. Um, how about some context for the knife. The knife, as you would have found out by reading, is designed by Bear Grylls- who is found in the blogroll to the right-ish. Bear Grylls has become a hero of sorts for me, inspiring numerous ideas for television spin-offs like “Man Vs. Office” and “Man Vs. Neighborhood” (these are ideas only in my mind- for which, sadly, there is not an available link). His fear doesn’t keep him from tackling crazy obstacles, and it’s fun watching everything turn out okay in an hour’s time. Back to the knife. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Seemingly Random, Uncategorized , Adventure, Alpine, Bayley Knife, Bear Grylls, Climbing Rope, Cobra Troopers, GI Joe, Stunts
You’ll be pleased to know that i’ve completed the next installment in my dramatic short story series. It’s a follow-up (and not a sequel) to a previous story in that there’s a theme of sorts… but that’s about it. These stories are not for those requiring resolution and/or fairplay in story-telling. They are just word candy- fun for a bit and may or may not be healthy after all. In all these stories, i always feel like the twist is the most obvious thing in the world and i can see it coming a mile away. Hope its not that way for the reader- but i’m not very good at deceptive storylines, so it probably doesn’t work.
So, that’s what i was doing.
Filed under: Seemingly Random, Updates , short story
