Saturday, March 13, 2010

123

February 1, 2008 by SmockLady  
Filed under Why not?

Chewymom tagged me with this meme.
The rules of this game:

Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
(No cheating!) Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 people

Here’s the quote:
“I promise you, it’s not all that complicated. Just wait, you’ll see, the whole thing is really very simple. [...]

Just a few things that hit close to home these days

May 22, 2006 by SmockLady  
Filed under Why not?

1. Here’s a quote from The Week (a weekly news magazine that takes the best from all others)
Throughout the world, 164 out of 168 nations surveyed gaurantee paid maternity leave to working mothers. The four who do not are Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Lesotho, and the United States. The Washington Post
2. This is an [...]

latin lunae 3

February 6, 2006 by SmockLady  
Filed under Latin Lunae, Why not?

An emphasis on verbs:

1. navigo – I sail (navigate)
2. porto – I carry (portable)
3. oro – I pray (oral, oratory)
4. specto – I look at (spectacle, spectator)
5. clamo – I shout (clamor)
6. voco – I call (vocal, vocation)
7. supero – I overcome, conquer (SuperMan!)
Extras – the nouns
8. terra – earth, land (terrain, territory, terrestrial)
9. lingua [...]

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