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Spring Joie De Vivre vs. Allergy Assaults

Sometimes you are caught between two stools when you try to combine two things… Around this time of the year, yes baby it’s springtime, the two stools are labeled Spring Joie De Vivre and Allergy-free lifestyle. Click image to enlarge.

April 11th, 2008 · filed in All Posts, Miscellaneous · No Comments

Lingo Bingo #6: You’d drink my Kool-Aid, wouldn’t you?

For time tends to get less busy I decided to pick up a book that I always wanted to read that has been rotting in my book shelf since my A-Levels: Apex Hides The Hurt by Colson Whitehead. I will soon publish a short review on this book, FYI (this abbreviation is for “for your information” in case you are wondering).

Anyway, I came across with the phrase in Apex Hides The Hurt. Here a quote: “That doesn’t mean I’m all up in his Kool-Aid, if you know what I mean” - And I was - talking to myself, like a 64-year-old grandpa - “No, not exactly,” so I check and did some research on that phrase. Lucky you as I made a blog post out of my curiosity. Curious Gorge Phil meets a rather short Lingo Bingo session. Continue reading

January 23rd, 2008 · filed in All Posts, Linguistically Captivating · 7 Comments