by fwordsblog | Jul 29, 2011 | Words & communication
The Pet Peeves thread of the writers’ forum I frequent has now been going strong for an astonishing four months and has passed the 3,000-comment mark, with peeved journos and eds popping up all the time to add their rants about mis-used words and bad grammar. One of...
by fwordsblog | Jul 27, 2011 | Humour
While the egg robbers and the bacon thief were about their dirty work (see previous post), another comical food-related incident was taking place, this time at a service station on the M4. Striding happily through the foyer while taking a break on his way to a...
by fwordsblog | Jul 25, 2011 | Humour
Thirteen people were arrested last week following a burglary at a farm in Surrey. The occupants of five cars broke into the farm and pinched several dozen trays of eggs. According to the police statement, they proceeded to throw eggs at the building before making...
by fwordsblog | Jul 23, 2011 | Words & communication
Parts of this great big interweb intrigue and absorb me. I love the randomness of Twitter. Among the rash of posts about the Norwegian massacres and Amy Winehouse’s death, everyday life went on as normal. Metrobus announced that a new route would be in effect from...
by fwordsblog | Jul 23, 2011 | Words & communication
A bloke I was chatting to at a house party last weekend, at which most of the guests were musicians, told me he used to be a prolific songwriter, but had barely written a word since giving up marijuana two years ago. His skill for creative expression had disappeared,...
