Archive for August, 2005

My First Word

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

My first word was Dayee. If you believe anything my parents say on the subject of “When Matthew was a kid…”
Apparently I pointed at the Siamese cat that was laying in the dryer on the warm laundry and shouted, “Dayee, Dayee!” Not Mommy or Daddy, but Dayee.
Daisy, to pronounce [...]

Is There a Grammar Maven in the House?

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

Two grammar questions.
I know a homonym is a series of words that sound the same, usually spelled the same, but have different meanings…
Question 1: is it really “usually” spelled the same or is there a different term for words that sound the same, are spelled differently, and have different meanings. I think [...]

The Chef in Me is Happy

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

What am I doing right now? Baking garlic.
I have my laptop back safe and sound, and am enjoying the wireless connection all the way into the kitchen. I am surrounded by flour, molasses, cream cheese, spinach, hummus…
See, by day I design web apps. By night I do whatever is needed to make [...]

Blog Business Summit 05.2

Monday, August 8th, 2005

Well, in just a little over a week the B-logs crew will be in San Francisco for the Blog Business Summit. We’re really looking forward to the sessions and of course meeting all the people. Networking I think it’s called.
We are also looking forward to being within walking distance of the offices of [...]

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