[Thanks again to Readers’ Digest for the mater= ial in this fun look at Ironing, er Irony.] > In 2002, a tree was= planted in a park in Los Angeles in memory of Beatles guitarist George Har= rison. The tree later died after being infested by beetles.   > Al…

Using irony shows the contrast between how things ap= pear and how they really are. When a =E2=80=9Cthing=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cph= rase=E2=80=9D is ironic, it is unexpected – something said but the meaning = is opposite. Irony is often confused with sarcasm or satire. I love all thr= ee!   >…

[Word= s have meanings.=A0 Do you know these words?] Entropy isn’t what it = used to be.   = The difference between an et= ymologist and an entomologist is that an etymologist knows the difference.   There’s a fine line between the numerat= or and the denominator.   Is it…

[Most= of these questions are very difficult, so don’t be discouraged if yo= ur answer is “no clue” for most. Guess. If you miss it, no one,= er, not many, will mock your effort.  A score of 3 out of 20 is comme= ndable. Please do your own work. NO…

Did you hear about the guy in Paris who almost got away with= stealing several classic paintings from the Louvre? After planning the cri= me, getting in and out past security, he was captured only two blocks away = when his SUV ran out of gas. =  = When asked…

[This= is the introduction to a good article on ‘Mind and Body’ by Dr= =2E Stephanie Tyjeski who has a clinic with offices in both Beaver Dam and = Watertown. The link to the entire article (about a 10-minute read} is very = helpful. As many know, I’ve been learning…

A man was sitting relaxing in an airplane when another guy d= ropped into the seat beside him. This new guy was a pale wreck. His hands w= ere shaking; he was biting his nails; he was moaning in low tones.   "H= ey, pal, what’s the matter?" asked the…

[Published on this date 25 years ago, these are the winners fro= m a 2000 state-wide contest in high school English for the WORST analogy.]=   Her = vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. (Alyssa N)   He was as tall as a si= x-foot-three-inch tree. (Jack B) &nb=…

[Published on this date 25 years ago, these are the winners fro= m a 2000 state-wide contest in high school English for the WORST analogy. M= ore tomorrow]   He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, = like a guy who went blind because he looked…

I&#82= 17;ve been reading Cicero’s speech in Latin for ten minutes and wonde= r what he’s talking about.Hopefully, I’ll get to a verb soo= n.   I’m finding it is easy to count= in binary. Matter of fact, it’s as easy as 01 10 1.   Homeschooling is fun, even…

Peopl= e often accuse me of stealing other’s jokes and being a plagiarist. Their words — not mine…  = Queue is spelled just with Q and four silent letters. = No, it’s not. They’re just in line waiting their turn.=   What should I do with a chemist who is…

Hello= God, I called tonightTo talk a little while.I need a friend who’ll= listenTo my anxiety and trial.   You = see, I can’t quite make itThrough a day just on my own.I need your = love to guide me,So I’ll never feel alone.   I want to ask you…

&#822= 0;We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women are created by= the, you know, you know the thing.” Joe Biden   “Politics is supposed to be the second-old= est profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblan= ce to the first.”…