I grabbed a few words from today’s 1000 random words and tried to get some writing energies going. it didn’t really work but here it is anyway. Just tried to think of as many synonyms as I could, filling 3 lines. Those 3 lines become 4 lines when moved from MS Word to WordPress. I could […]
Read MoreDoes it ever pay to remind yourself of the things that made you unhappy? I owned hamsters as a child. I wanted to name the first one, but the decision was made. Ham. The hamster would be named Ham. I hated the name and never uttered it. I cringed inside when anyone referred to that […]
Read MoreIn 2013 Lexmilian de Mello utilized Wordswarm.net‘s random words pages as inspiration in writing Percarus, a free form volume of what the author describes as “diary styled poetry”. Mr. de Mello is “intrigued by the diminishing energy resources within this world. Equipped with four post graduate degrees ranging from engineering,business and sciences he aspires towards […]
Read MoreBEMOB means “Heavy” according to the <a href="Dictionary of Ro, an articial language developed by one Rev. Edward Powell Foster early in the 20th century. Before clicking on the word (it was among the daily spew of 1000 random words that posts to Wordswarm.net every day) I thought it might have meant something more suitable […]
Read MorePIP: I first remember this word from the final episode of All in the Family. The sentimental closing scene has Archie and Edith talking, crying, all that weepy stuff. The last words spoken on the last episode of All in the Family were "You’re a real pip!" That final word confused me at the time. […]
Read MoreI get tied up in word games in which the object is to find as many words as possible from a jumbled array of letters. In some games the array is only 6 letters, in other games there are dozens of letters from which to form words. What I noticed the other night, while playing […]
Read More
