Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Cleanse your palate today with a video of a wonderful barbershop quartet.
For you singers out there, you know how difficult this creative piece is to perform–but delightful in every way.
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Today’s video is an oldie but a goodie: the Marx Brothers around a piano from the movie Animal Crackers. Can you believe this film is 93 years old? Silly fun that still can make you smile. (If you can’t see the video in your email newsletter subscription, click through to the site itself.)
Ten Perplexing Questions If tomatoes are a fruit, is ketchup considered a smoothie? Which orange came first – the fruit or the color? If you told someone to “be a leader and not a follower,” wouldn’t they become a follower by following your advice? What would happen if Pinocchio said, “My nose will grow now”? Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food? If a word is misspelled …
On Friday the 13th, we must be reminded that there is always “that” backseat driver in the car. Don’t be “that” this year. (If you can’t see the video in your email newsletter subscription, click through to the site itself.)
Turn the volume up on today’s video to hear the richness of the singing and its crescendo. FYI: The last minute of the video, after the song, is the creator giving his Christmas greeting and an appeal to subscribe. (If you can’t see the video in your email newsletter subscription, click through to the site itself.)
Today’s video is a clever advertisement for the Christmas season. Can you come up with new anagrams for Christmas? Enjoy!
Today’s video is a metaphor for a writers conference. I’ll let you figure out the word picture. 🙂 (If you can’t see the video in your email newsletter subscription, click through to the site itself.)
Below is a picture of the indie author at work, writing, editing, designing, typesetting, marketing, selling, accounting–simultaneously OR A picture of ANY author trying to balance home life with writing and marketing and improving their craft while reading this blog.
Admittedly, today’s video is odd. But one cannot avoid the creativity. A musician writes a song around the strange meowing of his neighbor’s cat. Complete with lyrics. Enjoy! And then comment if you see a metaphor here for the writing life.
