Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
The Steve Laube Agency
Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Today’s video was created in 2011. It is a fascinating look at things that have all but disappeared due to technological advances. (What makes this video even more incredible is that it is actually a book trailer.)
The question for today is: What other things have disappeared in the last nine years?
I can think of one: the Amazon Fire Phone.
If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.
No. These are not original. But they are delightful to read again!
Do you have any you can add?
A Little Bit of Fun for Lexophiles (Lover of Words)
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
He's all right now.
The roundest knight …
The famous “Toccata & Fugue in D minor” (Bach) originally composed for the organ but here performed by the Canadian Brass. Such virtuosity! If you enjoy brass brilliance, this 10-minute performance is for you!
Why English Is So Hard It is fun to compile some of the idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies of the English language. Most are found around the internet, so I claim no originality. Some are sentences with homonyms, one is a list of homophones, and others are simply fun! Do you have any to add? Comment below! Hamburger has no ham. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. How can I intimate this …
An oldie, but a goodie! Silent monks “singing” Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” Makes me smile every time I see it.
Today’s video is a long one (11 minutes) but is the perfect break from your busy day … to learn how this man folds amazing paper airplanes for world records. You finished your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping. You finished NaNoWriMo (if you are a novelist). You deserve a break. And by the way, at the 2:30 mark, the fellow has a book too. So he is a fellow author. Enjoy!
Today is a big shopping day across the country. Argos, a UK-based retailer, starts it off with this fun video about shopping for the right gift. Too much fun!
I totally would have done this to my daughters if I had thought of it. It is also a bit of a metaphor for clarity in our writing. If the reader misunderstands it whose fault is it? The reader? The writer? Or simply blame the editor, that nameless person who labors in the shadows. Even better, blame the literary agent!!! Thanks for the link: Trissina Kear (my daughter)
This video gives mind-blowing facts about linguistics. In particular, how pronunciation has changed over time. Thus, if you are writing a historical novel, be careful in assuming the words you use meant the same in your era and that they they were pronounced like they are today. Made me think of older poetry or song lyrics and some rhyming couplets. No wonder they sometimes don’t rhyme when …
