If you’re a Starbucks fan you’ll know that on the back of all the paper cups there is an inspired statement — usually written by an artist, musician, or author — called “The Way I See It.” With my morning coffee today, I read the following: The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating — in [...]
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Totally subjective statement #76.
Posted in Misc., tagged Coffee, Commitment, Starbucks, The Way I See It on July 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The simplified spelling board.
Posted in Misc., tagged Andrew Carnegie, Phonetic, Simpified Spelling Board, Teddy Roosevelt, The Toilet Paper on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Following this bit of trivia from http://thetoiletpaper.com, I’ve decided to write a post using only “simplified spelling.” Thinking English would be easier to spread globally if the words were easier to spell, Andrew Carnegie and a group of like-minded intellectuals created the Simplified Spelling Board in 1906. The board’s goal was to make English phonetic [...]
