Six Resolutions for the New Year

Years ago, I followed Bill Myers.   He no longer posts online.  He retired from the internet. Long before he retired, he posted a short article on how to hit your goals.  He posted this article ten years ago, in 2013.  Since human nature does not change, his ideas...

Test out of College Classes

I receive emails from Modern States.  They recently highlighted a student who went back to college after taking some time off.  Robert Ayres describes his experience here. As you probably know, you can test out of some college courses by taking CLEP exams.   In case...

Word of the Day #53: Beef

In a Latin class today, my students and I looked at the Roman word for cow, bos.  Latin adds its complicated endings to the root of this word, bov.  From this root, English derives the word bovine.  Something bovine relates to cows.  English even uses bovine as an...

Word of the Day #52: Candidate

Candidate A person who seeks office by election.  From Latin candidus meaning bright, clear, clean, or spotless Roman togas were white.  Romans hoping to win elections wore extra white togas.  The candidate would add chalk power to his toga to further whiten things...

Why Set Goals if the World is Coming to End?

I am in the final edits of a book I have been working on.  The book is on goals.  Inspired by all the vulgar language in so many goal-setting books, I decided to write my own.  I have set and hit goals for years.  People ask me how I do it.  The book is the answer to...

Word of the Day #51: Reintarnation

Reintarnation: to come back to life as a hillbilly. Over the weekend, I was sick. Sicker than I have been in a long time. It was awful and exhausting. Since recovering, I have experienced a strong urge to listen to country music. I am beginning to think I may have...