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,...
by fwordsblog | Jul 21, 2011 | Words & communication
It was embarrassing enough to spell embarrassing wrongly in the recent spelling test, but things took a turn for the worse when I had a request late in the afternoon to write a book review for the local paper (“any chance of it by tomorrow?”). I’d just finished...
by fwordsblog | Jul 19, 2011 | Words & communication
Just took an online spelling test on www.peopleperhour.com. It’s one of various tests you can take to show your proficiency in various activities. The results then get posted on your profile to show how good (in theory!) you are at what you do. 40 spelling questions....
