Today is English Language Day. To celebrate, I found this adorable 102 y/o man to explain English to us.
And that about "somes" it up, doesn't it? LOL
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Continuing with Innovation and Discovery Week here on the blog... Yesterday was the anniversary of the first two-way phone conversation. On this plaque: "From this site on October 9, 1876 the first two-way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours. From here in Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to Alexander Graham Bell at the office of the Walworth Mfg. Co. 69 Kirby Street, Boston, Mass. While I wasn't able to get a video of the first two-way, long distance telephone conversation, I was able to find one explaining how the first two-way, transatlantic telephone conversation worked. In 1926 The Post Office and Bell Laboratories engineered the world's first two way transatlantic telephone conversation...
Today is Columbus Day which is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October and remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. His travels to America was a testiment to innovation and discovery so I've declared this week to be innovation and discovery week here on the Art of Eloquence blog. I can do that; it's my blog! ROFL Today I'm going to share a few innovations of my own, but before that let me tell you what's coming up this week: On Wednesday, I'll have a post celebrating another innovation, the anniversary of the very first two way phone conversation. If you're a homeschooler, you'll love this one as I have a video coming explaining...
Favorite line from Alice in Wonderland is when the Mad Hatter is afraid he's crazy. Alice says, "You're entirely bonkers, but I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are." I've read a lot about some really creative people and a great many of them seemed a bit bonkers. I've read a few articles about highly intelligent people that suggests that the more intelligent a person is, the more their tendancy to have coping issues. They call it twice gifted. Is there a corrolation between highly creative or highly intelligent people and madness? We do find many highly intelligent people or incredibly creative people who have trouble communicating with others. Many creative people have been known to be...
Tomorrow is 10-4 Day. 10-4 is a military expression conveying agreement and acknowledgement. 10-4! But how many times do people agree to something without thinking it through or intending to follow through? You are counting on them and their word should mean something. It seems like your word meant more in years gone by than it does today. People say things and often don't really mean them. They make commitments and don't intend to keep them. Politicians are often accused of this, but I see it happen more among every day citizens, don't you? One of my communication pet peeves is when people tell me they are going to do something and then don't do it. I'm not talking about...
