swear words already? I know I'm at the right f'in conference #OpenEd16 — (((TG))) (@greeneterry) November 2, 2016 I got home from OpenEd16 about 30 hours ago and I’m already behind the times. Why? Well, here’s a huge benefit of being involved in Open Educational Practices: people blog, in the open, about their insights, what … Continue reading An Opening Move →

8. Ya’aburnee (Arabic): “You bury me.” It’s a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them. (يقبرني)

tartle, hesitating while introducing someone because you forgot her name.

A greedy armorer avenges a straightforward toxicologist in a plastic university That’s the plot for Notting Hill An evil physiologist eats breakfast with an amicable microbiologist in a jangling record store That’s the plot for High Fidelity An irresponsible queen goes on a quest with a sensible bacteriologist in a mortifying boutique That’s the plot … Continue reading Sorry, but I think I just keep getting real plots →

  @ds106dc #tdc1752 #dailycreate #ds106 happy music  .

https://soundcloud.com/undertaker-61997278/safetyvideo-1

picture https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jorchr

Image source Kelmscott Press, William Morris, John Ruskin – Springfield, Massachusetts, library system – en:Image:Kelmscott Press – The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin (first page).jpg, Publiek domein, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1235399

Daily Create #1748  Who is your dream team? This dream team is real and is taking Canadians to task for their historic treatment of indigenous people through the residential school programs that worked to remove a culture. Maybe it’s more of a perfect storm than a dream team, but it certainly is something to make you … Continue reading A Dream Team, or Maybe A Perfect Storm →

Daily Create #1747 is to answer the question, why do I write? The Daily Create website claims that today is the National Day of Writing, however does not identify which nation, so I’ll assume that it is Honduras. So, to celebrate Honduras’ National Day of Writing, I will try to describe why I write. Here are … Continue reading Write? But Why? →

https://soundcloud.com/sauron-the-dark-lord/aeroplane source photo CM411.07 – http://europeana.eu/portal/record/91638/tekm_media_65108.html. Ellen Hamilton. Tekniska museet – http://www.tekniskamuseet.se/objekt.html?Id=http://kulturarvsdata.se/tekm/media/65108. Public Domain – http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Elena Ferrante is a pseudonym or Pen Name. One journalist who  in my eyes is very much to be blamed  did publish the real name of the author behind that pseudonym. British novelist Matt Haig tweeted, “Think the pursuit to discover the ‘real’ Elena Ferrante is a disgrace and also pointless. A writer’s truest self is … Continue reading Why a Pen name, the use of a pseudonym, Tell-tales, Elena Ferrante,

@ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1738 sword fight source http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200388/BibliographicResource_3000117433571.html?q=europeana_collectionName%3A9200388%2A

Autumn, death and destruction all over the place.

  @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1740 autumn trees from study window

Calvin Fairbank (died October 12, 1898) was an American abolitionist and Methodist minister New York state who was twice convicted in Kentucky of aiding the escape of slaves, and served a total of 19 years in prison. Fairbank is believed to have aide...

1960 Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev’s shoe-banging incident occurred during the 902nd Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York in 1960. During the session on 12 October, Khrushchev pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong. 1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the … Continue reading Nikita Khrushchev’s shoe-banging destroyed Delft @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1739 →