sixty four meanings for noun, set, seventeen are labelled obsolete
According to the Online Oxford English Dictionary.
Sometimes, we would go upstairs to the room where he worked, just the two of us, and go through his O.E.D. together. He was proud of that handsome set . . . ‘set’ — that word has one of the longest entries in the O.E.D., fifty four columns of nouns, verbs, adjectives, I think. That was what fascinated Thurber. I would read him the ‘set’ definitions for hours on end.
From Thurber : a biography by Burton Bernstein (Dodd, Mead, New York, 1975).
want to know what the secret to good coaching is? get good players …. hmmmmmmmmmmm
Adapted from the article, Super Bowl 59 winners and losers: Eagles come together as Chiefs fall apart, by Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz of USA TODAY where Mr. Middlehurst-Schwartz writes:
“You want to know what the secret to good coaching is?” Sirianni asked on NFL Network’s postgame show. “Get good players.” Roseman [Philadelphia Eagles GM] has unquestionably done that and then some. After Philadelphia flamed out in spectacular fashion to end last season, the architect of the roster embarked on what will be remembered as one of the most aggressive and transformative offseasons in league history. He netted massive returns on free-agent contracts both big (2,000-yard rusher Saquon Barkley) and small (NFL Defensive Player of the Year finalist Zack Baun), and a draft class highlighted by Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean took the secondary from a weak point to a source of strength. Recall what A.J. Brown said on Opening Night: “I think Howie Roseman is the reason we are here tonight.”
I am reminded of a college game years ago when a feller named Keith Jackson was the play caller for ABC Sports and after some stellar play, Mr. Jackson quietly said … “It’s the players … not the plays.”
On the other hand, the line, ‘… get good players” reminds me of comedian Steve Martin’s bit, “You can make a Million Dollars … and not pay any income tax.”
Made it sound so easy.
Especially as the instructions started, “First … Make a million dollars .. then … “
Secret to good coaching?
Just get good players.
(Haiku question – how many syllables in hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)
charting disruption what’s in your morning, your day watching and waiting
For the most part my day starts in three different ways.
It depends on if I am working that day and if working, am I working from home or am I going into the office.
I have two days off, two days working from home and three days in the office.
Regardless of where I am working, at some point in my morning I am sitting in my rocking chair with a cup of coffee.
That is how my day starts.
I am reminded of a kid I knew back at Grand Rapids Junior College.
One term, to get to my first class, I would take a short cut through the cafeteria.
Every morning there was a kid I knew slightly from high school, sitting alone at a table with a Styrofoam cup of coffee in front of him.
He had what might be called, ‘The 2000 Yard Stare,’ looking down at his coffee.
He never looked up and never saw me, but I saw him everyday, sitting there, staring, with a steaming cup of coffee.
I always want to skip class and sit at another table and watch to see what happened as he came out of his stare.
I often thought about sitting down and greeting him with a loud ‘Good Morning,’ just to see what would happen.
But I didn’t.
I respected his routine.
Who wanted to be a disrupter especially at that hour of day?
Today life as we know it, from less than 1 month ago, is in almost complete distruption.
Some folks applaud it.
Some folks fear it and what it MIGHT all mean.
I am watching it.
I hate it and I can’t stop it and I worry about it.
And I wonder, when will it impact me.
Prices of eggs are impacting me right now but more than that, when will this pattern of moron, idiotic, petulant, whiney, willful and destructive disruption impact my day.
When, due to all this, will my day NOT start with a cup of coffee and my rocking chair?
That has become my barometer.
My canary in a bird cage.
That is what I watch.
Kind of a personal, ‘I know what is going on, but so long as … it doesn’t affect me’ stance.
That is when I will know it is affecting me.
When I am no longer able to start my day with a cup of coffee.
What would it take?
The price of coffee?
My job goes away?
My home goes away?
I go away as I don’t agree with the reasons for all this disruption?
I am lucky that my barometer is as minor as a cup of coffee and not what country I wake up in tomorrow.
I know its coming.
I know it will happen and probably sooner than I am ready for it to happen.
candids, stills, portraits showing way of life that is treasured, fast fading
Adapted from the line, “Moutoussamy-Ashe’s series of monochrome images include candids of weddings, stills of a church gathering and everyday portraits of the island, showing a way of life that is treasured and fast fading.”
As a resident of the low country I love this story and feel for the people who created the culture that who lived on land now in the gun sites of developers who, like Lex Luthor, have an affinity for ‘Beach Front Property.’
The Gullah culture of the low country is certainly “a way of life that is treasured and fast fading.”
As a citizen of the United States of America, I can say, I know how you feel.
