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 A tentative blog to test the temperature. |
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Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end. So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.     |
| Munday And seeing as it's Chooseday (Ooh, an alternate day), I choose to deal with Monday today. And it's a fairly easy choice, since no one likes Mundays. They might even be thought of as mundayne. |
| Sonday Having talked of Satireday on a Sonday, it now behooves me to speak of Sonday on a Monday (of which, more tomorrow). And we can take note straight away that Sonday is a homophone. It can be spelt in two different ways but sounds the same. And, if it can mean something related to the sun, it can equally refer to male offspring. So it may as well be a day for celebration of such creatures. The matter of instituting a Daughterday is way beyond my remit, however. No doubt someone will take up the task in time. |
| Satireday I know this is a bit late but I was busy yesterday. Well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Anyway, Saturday looked like a difficult one until I realised how close it came to satire. So that's what it should be. Kinda fitting for a writing site, ain't it? Has nothing to do with satyrs, by the way. I checked and satire is from Latin, satyr from Greek. |
| Fryday Friday is really asking for it, isn't it? But far be it from me to take the easy route. I shall say nothing of frying and friars and instead point at the Fry family of England, those staunch Quakers and chocolate manufacturers and their descendant, the large and well known actor/comedian/fount of all knowledge, Stephen Fry. The day was surely named to celebrate this bunch. And, if that's not enough to win you over, consider what the standard fare for such a day must be. I happen to like chocolate. |
| Thirsty I was thinking about SandraLynn's suggestion of Blursday for Thursday when I realised I already had an answer for that day. It harks back to an old joke that I shall now regale you with (nothing like a spot of regaling, dontcha think?) Two drunks are stumbling homewards. One says to the other, "Where are we?" "Wembley," he responds. "Really?" says the first drunk. "I thought it was Thursday." "So am I. Let's have a drink." It seems today should be Thirsty. |
| Whensday While I was in a days, I thought we should talk of Whensday too. I mean, if that's not the time to ponder on time, then I don't know when is. Perhaps all appointments should be reserved for Whensday. It would certainly make remembering that much easier. |
| Chewsday It's Chewsday again. And, appropriately enough, Andrea just placed a piece of chocolate within reach on my desk. We should make this a tradition. |
| Strange Animals We are strange creatures. Not content with having water to drink, we adulterate it with something to make it taste like something, or anything, else. Still unsatisfied, we infuse it with bubbles of carbon dioxide to further alter it, as though intent on transforming water into wine. Plants go to enormous trouble inventing seedpods protected by substances intended to repel us with tastes that burn our mouths. What do we do? Decide we like the sensation and flavour foods with the very thing meant as a repellant. Like all animals, we enjoy rest. But it’s not enough for us. To keep us interested while resting, we invent entertainment that shows us other people exerting themselves. Only the old do the sensible thing and fall asleep in front of the television. We are strange animals. Word count: 134 |
| Ailments Today I thought of listing all my ailments. Partly because there are some that I don't think about and these tend to get left out when comparing troubles with other old people, but mostly because I think it would be quite an impressive list. First one down would be age itself, of course. Which would lead to several ailments common to most old fogies. These are the ones most often left off lists, thanks to their being so common and accepted as almost normal. Then there are the ones that my generation suffers in particular, due to our similar lifestyles and preferences, particularly in the food realm. These are usually included as the stars in any list, being a sort of badge of honour that identifies us as the bright-eyed children of the sixties and seventies (how fitting that those numbers should also describe our ages now). And finally, there are the special ones, those odd ailments that fate has inflicted on me alone. Or seemingly so. These are probably the scariest because you have to go to a doctor to find out what names they might have. That is necessary if you're to do any research on them. Even though they're mostly minor and unthreatening things. Anyway, I pondered on creating this list. And then decided not to. Why dwell on such morbid matters after all? |
| Ides Today would be the ides of August, if only the Romans hadn't decided that just March, May, July and October should have their ides on the 15th. The other months have ides on the 13th of the month. So the ides of August have already passed us by without notice. It seems reasonable to assume that "ides" has something to do with the middle of the month, but that would mean the months with the 13th as their ides would only be 26 days long. The matter is complicated by the full moon having some influence, apparently, and then there's the adding to the Roman calendar of two more months to really confuse the whole thing. Which probably explains why we take absolutely no notice of the business. |
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