Explanations of Yesterday and Ramblings of Today.

Younger Daughter Rebecca and Granddaughter Grace went home yesterday for the first time. Rebecca called us last night. "I don't know why a woman would go through this more than once," she said. Mother, baby, father and Roxanne the Cat are all doing fine.

Grace slept through her first Harry Potter DVD Tuesday night.

For the second day in succession I'm correcting the previous day's post. If I start writing today's post tomorrow I wonder if I can avoid these problems. What I need to do is learn how to use blogspot. I should take lessons. On the other hand, if I haven't done it by now I guess I'm not going to.

I think it was Trish (a reader I don't hear from much anymore) who suggested a different blog host. I checked on it but was concerned I would not be able to format my old posts properly.

So, once again here are some changes for my e-mail readers. 

By the way, I can not make direct changes on my e-mail copy but I've come up with this solution:

1. Open the email blog entry

2. Copy and paste the entire text in a word processor

3. Make all necessary corrections

4. Copy and paste new and improved text on to an email

5. Send new email to myself

6. Open new email and check corrections

7. Transfer email to my blog file

8. Delete old incorrect email blog entry

I've never done any of that. I simply edit my blogspot copy. But, I'm concerned about you, my readers. I worry that you think negatively when you run when across one of my many errors.

In Nevada City I was talking with Wilbur (of Wil and Andi). I have immense respect for him and his many accomplishments. He was telling me about a group of retired friends who are working on software programs or apps. They're putting time, effort and money into projects that may never earn a dime. "It's not the financial gain but the creation of something useful that motivates them," he said. Then he added, "A buddy said, 'Even if one person uses my app at least I'll know I created something.'"

So, it's not the destination but the journey. Maybe we never really get to the destination and take a gazillion side trips on the way. 

The blog is my creation, my journey. Thanks for taking it with me.

Paragraph #1...the original and paragraph #2...the correction.

After further investigation an APB for a large yellow school bus with Kings County Coyote's stenciled on each side was broadcast to the tri-state area. Within hours a vehicle matching that description was stopped at the Illinois Canadian boarder. When boarded the group from Wheaten was aboard, unharmed, in great spirits and playing bingo.

After further investigation an APB for a large yellow school bus with Kings County Coyote's stenciled on each side was broadcast to the tri-state area. Within hours a vehicle matching that description was stopped at the Illinois Canadian border. When searched the group from Wheaten was discovered unharmed, in great spirits and playing bingo.

My god.....what was I thinking, Canadian boarder. 

I was describing an imaginary line between two countries where a person may get arrested for a wide variety of infractions not a guy living in one room of a large house eating goulash for supper.

And doesn't your imagination run wild thinking about a group of old people getting searched rather than a bus getting boarded. 

OK lady, this is going to tickle some, that's right....bend over.

I also changed aboard to discovered because (a) I thought it a better descriptive word (b) in addition to the grammatical errors, the repetitive use of boarder, boarded and aboard was terrible. And (c) I'm confused about the use of aboard and on board and onboard.

After intensive research I found the following explanation.

Onboard is one word (sometimes hyphenated) on-board when it comes before the noun it modifies (e.g., onboard radio, onboard computer). Elsewhere, writers usually make on board two words. For instance one might write, "We brought a radio on board so we could have an onboard radio."

If it helps, think of it this way: the two-word on board usually means the same as aboard, and aboard would usually work in its place. Aboard would not make sense as a replacement for onboard.

Now that we cleared all that up.....

".....and so I said to the one-legged jockey, that's OK, I ride side-saddle."

Tell me what movie that quote is from (No Goggling) and win the fluffy unicorn.

In what movie does someone win a fluffy unicorn?

I've published 743 blog posts and I now realize I know very little about language laws and usage. I'm thinking about taking the college course, The English Language and You...linguistics and syntax the proper way. I inquired about taking it online and received this message.

Deer Madam, Miss, or Sir:

Thx 4 Ur Ltr of interest R class begins Aug 1.

Now in addition to my obsession with the expanding cosmos, the sun going super nova and the tons of carbon dioxide spewed into the atmosphere every hour I think about homonyms, homophones and homographs. And if that's not enough toss in heteronyms (or heterophones) and capitonyms.

It's all Greek to me.

I have NEVER played, I take that back, three years ago I was heavy into Family Feud. Aside from that, I have never played a game on Facebook or my Kindle. God knows, I spend enough time doing this.

Yesterday I got a Facebook invitation to play Throne Rush. It's a new game for the over 60 crowd. Your character drinks several cups of coffee and eats a large dish of ice-cream. Then on the way home gets stuck in traffic for over an hour.

When talking with Wanda.

She said. "I do this job because I enjoy it."

He heard. I do this job because I ain't your aunt.

Overheard in Nevada City.

She said. "I like oatmeal."

He heard. I like old milk.

I've been doing this too long, I just thought of the Big Butt song. "I like big butts and I can not lie."

By the way, about the blog post yesterday. With the exception of Wheaten being a real city in Illinois and cheaper Canadian medication..... nothing was true.