what’s the French word for…
Posted: January 2, 2013 Filed under: figures of speech, provance, travel | Tags: blonde, bread, France, humor, language, silly 31 CommentsMy beautiful, intelligent, blonde daughter went to visit my sister who lives in Provence France. While there she asked my sister “What’s the French word for croissant?”
i ain’t broke… but….
Posted: November 12, 2012 Filed under: history, pearls of wisdom | Tags: beater car, broke, growing up, humor, my history, young 39 CommentsWhen I left home at eighteen money was pretty tight. Read the rest of this entry »
hoping for warmer weather
Posted: October 28, 2012 Filed under: figures of speech, pearls of wisdom | Tags: beach, cold, Florida, girls, humor, october winds, spring break, toilet paper, TP, warm weather 23 CommentsOctober now chills the bones, whispering “Stay in, stay in” as the wind pushes down from the cold cold north. We turn to thoughts of mulled wines, and hearty soups and vacations to the warmer places. Read the rest of this entry »
shade trees and ringing bells – yars
Posted: October 27, 2012 Filed under: history, sport, yars ( yet another rugby story ) | Tags: adventure, ambulance, concussion, humor, injury, insurance, Michigan, rugby, Tournament, Traverse City, yars, yet another rugby story 31 CommentsI actually heard birds singing, and people were calling me from far away. Read the rest of this entry »
from horror to terror — halloween
Posted: October 12, 2012 Filed under: figures of speech, history | Tags: black sunday, fear, fright, growing up, Halloween, history, horror, humor, movies, scared, silly, terror, the mark of satan 7 CommentsThe TV was a big black and white unit and the lights were low and flickering, painting our faces in shadow and light. Read the rest of this entry »
don’t play with…. – poem / limerick
Posted: October 11, 2012 Filed under: figures of speech, pearls of wisdom | Tags: don't play with guns, growing up, humor, limerick, pearls of wisdom, poem, prom, silly 12 CommentsA limmerick from back in the 1970’s in tribute to Dan
who missed Senior Prom for a reason that was not discussed… much< Read the rest of this entry »
from predator to santa claus ? – cycling
Posted: October 10, 2012 Filed under: cleveland, cycling, figures of speech | Tags: cycling, euclide creek reservation, humor, red hoodie, riding, santa claus, silly 35 CommentsI admit my beard may have a trace of grey, well mostly grey but… Read the rest of this entry »
mosquito – poem
Posted: September 19, 2012 Filed under: pearls of wisdom, poetry | Tags: healing, humor, pain, pearls of wisdom, poem, poetry, silly 24 CommentsIn which it is discovered a broken hand one day out of the splint is not quite healed. Read the rest of this entry »
do you have your ticket — cycling
Posted: July 11, 2012 Filed under: cycling, figures of speech | Tags: cycling, divorce, humor, tandem, ticket 13 CommentsI once browsed a bike shop looking over things with one eye on a tandem I thought might be fun for my wife and me. Read the rest of this entry »
bwthoughts 
just a thought
Posted: July 2, 2014 | Author: billgncs | Filed under: figures of speech | Tags: commenting on blogs, humor, IMHO, paradox | 14 CommentsThe other day someone responded to a comment I made and started it with “IMHO”. I looked up the acronym and it means In My Humble Opinion. It made me think that maybe he was proud he was humble. Can that be? Or the opinion was humble. I suppose if the evidence was weak, or in your heart you didn’t truly believe in the argument it could be humble.
I ended up replying, “Humble is good.”
That’s just a thought, IMHO.
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