I cannot believe it is the end of January already and time for Mailbag Monday here at Communication FUNdamentals. This month we found MANY questions and comments in our mailbag--mostly feedback on all the changes we have had here at Art of Eloquence.com and the newsletter. Say What You Mean Convention 1. Several of you asked how to register for the event and enter the drawings. The sign up form is now on the home page. This not only enters you in the six live drawings but allows you to receive What's New at Art of Eloquence, our monthly newsletter with freebies, special offers and info JUST for our subscribers. 2. A few of you emailed asking about the events...
Victor Borge was a fabulously funny man and a talented pianist. I've posted his bit "Phonetic Punctuation" before here on Communication FUNdamentals, but I just found this related video with Dean Martin.
The two do "Musical Phonetic Punctuation" where they punctuate the phrases of the following songs. At least Dean Martin tries. Victor Borge is so funny, Dean Martin has a hard time keeping a straight face! Enjoy!
More Friday fun with communication from your friends at Art of Eloquence.com!
My dd was practically born with a book in her hand. She LOVED reading and was reading on a college level when she was in 3rd grade. My son actually taught himself to read using the computer and DVD subtitles when he was about 2yrs old. So I was shocked that he didn't want to read anything that wasn't computer game instructions! It was like pulling teeth to get Chris to read back then. I tried covering up most of the page so he could only see a line at a time. He knew words that were well beyond his years but he just didn't want to read. Then we found a series of books that were well below his...
Ever felt like your designer labels weren't showing? Last week my dd had to return a blouse she received for Christmas from a relative. It didn't fit so we took off for another one of our mother/daughter excursions. We had several of these special days when she was home from college over the Christmas holiday. It was quite a little drive to the mall. It's not a place we frequent as it's too far, hard to park, crowded and rather pricey. But it was a mother/daughter adventure and so off we went. We walked up to the Nordstrom cashier and my dd told the woman she wanted to return the blouse because it didn't fit. The woman asked if my...
It's time for your Friday Giggle! Communication FUNdamentals is proud to present this week's Friday Funny: So many of you send me Friday Funny material from "real life" and I thank you. I've had newsletter subscribers send in some funny things their kidlings have said, blog readers send in pictures of street signs that should have been better thought out and this week's Friday Funny comes from my dad! Thanks Dad! This was in a story on the AP Wire: "The young Nigerian man was due in federal court Friday afternoon for his arraignment on charges that he failed to detonate a chemical-laden explosive on the Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight." Let me get this straight. He is charged with failing...
