Small harbor town in Dominica. The sun was shining down here, but it was raining in the mountains, which you can see in the background. The mountain area is where the rain forest is located.
Ran out of Prilosec again. I don’t know why I let that happen. It’s not like I enjoy heartburn, I don’t.
I could run to the drugstore now and pick up a forty-two day supply. I could, but I won’t. Is the the martyr in me? Is it my Catholic upbringing that makes me what to feel pain as a method of atoning for my past sins? Nah, don’t think so.
First thing tomorrow, I’m going to go to the drugstore and get more Prilosec.
Man, that was the most boring thing I’ve written in a long time.
Exactly.
Most often said as if followed by an exclamation mark. Exactly!
This word is being heard with far greater frequency than the word “awesome” which had been overused and used inappropriately most of the time. As in, “Wow, dude, that’s awesome.”
While I have you on the phone, can we dispense calling everyone “dude”? Is everyone really a dude? What is a dude, and when and how did dude take on a new meaning? According to Wikepedia:
The term dude is an American English slang word generally used informally to address a male individual. The word was once used primarily by adults but has become a common slang term used in various age groups. The female equivalent, less often used, is “dudette”. However the term dude has evolved to become a more unisex term to encompass all genders[1], and was even true in the 50’s during the word’s older definitions.[2]
“Dude” is also used alone in a sentence as an interjection denoting a feeling of surprise, happiness, disappointment, amazement or other emotions.[3] The word might also be used practically anywhere in a sentence in order to convey such sentiments in conversation, as in ‘Listen dude, we have to go’.
The tone and inflection of the word “dude” are used to convey the various meanings. For example, a short, clipped “dude!” may convey annoyance with someone, while a long, drawn-out “duuuude” conveys amazement.
Other, older definitions of dude exist; a particularly well-dressed male or one who is unfamiliar with life outside a large city. These definitions may go hand-in-hand, hence the phrased definition “An Easterner in the West” (United States).[4]
One of the earliest books to use the word was The Home and Farm Manual, written by Jonathan Periam in 1883. In that work, Periam used the term dude several times to denote an ill-bred and ignorant, but ostentatious, man from the city.
I was thinking about my dad today. My father passed away just shy of 7 1/2 years ago, and there isn’t a day I don’t miss him.
This could be a very long post were I to share our relationship, but for the sake of brevity, I will simply say, there is no way I could have ever repaid my dad for the countless times he helped me out of the holes I dug for myself. I didn’t know much about God and His grace back then, but now realize, I was a participant of that grace in action.
My father’s advice to me during troubled times was to the point, and was always helpful. Hearing his calm, assured voice, made me feel good, and I knew there was someone on my side.
In the two weeks before he passed away, we were just sitting together. He on his easy chair, and me on a dining room chair pulled over to him. In the midst of the conversation he said, “You’ve been a good son.”
The sound of those words were a symphony to my ears. A symphony which I can still hear in the quiet of the night.
Thanks, Dad.
This colorful building and window were located towards the back of an open air market in Curacao.
From Wikepedia, “In linguistics, a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings, and are usually spelled the same.”
I love homonyms. Okay, love is a tad strong. I like homonyms a lot, that is, I think they’re fun to play with.
So, let’s have some fun with two homonyms, sale and sail. Plural usage of the word is allowed.
Here are just a few things that come to mind. If you can think of any other examples, please post them in the comments section. The more the merrier.
Here we go!
When you decide to sell an item for a lower than normal price, the item is on sale.
Something can be for sale, up for sale, but seldom down for sale.
There are big sales, and small sales.
Sales can have figures.
There are cash sales.
There are credit sales.
You can name a sale practically anything you want: Bake Sales, Pie Sale, President’s Day Sale, etc.
Something doesn’t have to be on sale to be for sale. When you’re selling a house for instance. You hope to get more than you paid for it, yet the house is for sale.
There are for sale signs, and not for sale signs.
Sales have time limits. Sale ends today. Sale starts today. Sale begins at midnight, etc.
And then, there are no sales. Which is a sale that didn’t happen.
You can sail a boat.
Put a sails on a boat.
Change the type of boat. When you put a sail on a boat, the boat becomes a sailboat. But, if you put a sail on a car, it doesn’t become a sailcar. Howcome?
You can sail along in life.
Your sails can be full of wind.. You can have the wind taken out of your sails.
You can sell your sails. In that case you’d have a sail sale.
You can set sail.
You can raise your sail, and lower your sail
You can sail across the lake, sail down the lake, but very rarely does one sail up the lake.
You can sail across the ocean blue.
You can sail right by something.
If it was a hard salami sandwhich some real damage might have been done.
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Of course, if it was a Swiss cheese sandwhich the case would be full of holes. ;-).
Guard outside warehouse in Barbados. I’m not sure what he was guarding, but we know the floor beneath his feet is safe from being stolen. ;-).
Poll Question: Is the proverbial short end of the stick, and the bottom or top of the stick. ???
