We called it “Vocabulary” homework, and we had to be able to spell the word, write out its definition and later, match it to the meaning when the quiz time came up in english class.
Hang on now, we honeymooned in Halifax Nova Scotia and it was pretty good, especially the lobster dinner at ‘Your Fathers moustache’ , which still exists to this day. However they no longer have lobster on their dinner menu. So perhaps some of the allure of Halifax has dimmed a little over time.
There’s probably a good reason why my kids ripped the CDs from my entire music collection. Youngest son reports that he still plays ELO’s “out of the blue” album several times a week.
Unfortunatley, me too. I would however posit, that the present president, by being beholden to a whole lot of fringe special interests who also happen to control most universities and most major journalism networks, has allowed much more damage to occur to our American culture. The beliefs that ‘follow your heart’ and ‘be true to yourself’ and ‘the system has failed me’ might not be repairable for several generations.
I’ll vote for you, if you vote for me. At least I’ve got a good costume to wear in front of the cameras. Guaranteed we’d get some good press, their cameras would be glued to us. That’s better than PAC money for gathering the GOP/DNC nomitization because they are addicted to covering a good spectacle. Now we just need to choose which party affiliation to run under.
I’ll bet there are a lot of unicorns at Hallmark. It would explain a lot. I bet Hallmark is owned by Unicorns. No wait, maybe American Greetings. Their stuff is a bit cornier.
popularity also must take into account the audience currently paying attention to the subjects.