Expert

Expert: a person with a particular skill, special knowledge, or a person who knows a lot about a particular subject. Expert derives from the Latin expertus (tried, tested, proven by experience).  Expertus is the past participle of the verb experior (to test, to put to...

On the road again…

Guys, I will not be around today.  My grandfather turns 90 today.  I will spend much of the day driving to a party for him. While I am on the road, here is a repost.  Of course, if you have never read this… it is a new post. It is an answer to the most common...

Resolution

People either love New Year’s resolutions, or they make fun of them. I don’t know which person you are, but I fall into the first category.  I love New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions are fresh beginnings.  And, I love fresh beginnings.  I love the...

Help?

I fell of the wagon this year. In October, my wife and I had an argument.  We argue from time to time.  It’s no fun.  This one, however, was, for me, demotivating.  The fallout spilled over. For a while, I stopped blogging.  I stopped posting the “word of...

Online Vocabulary Class?

I am thinking of offering a new class in the spring. There are so many English words that come from Latin and Greek roots.  Really.  Once you start digging, it is astonishing what you find. Growing up, I had no idea how influenced our language was by Classical...