My interview with Marsha and Jim will be today, March 26th at 4pm PDT/5pm MDT/6pm CDT/7pm EDT, here’s the link:
http://www.slideshare.net/TheLadyMarsha/together-again-march-262012
We’ll be chatting about the brave new world of Terrax, many centuries in the future….or is it?
Call in with your questions to 347-994-1510.
Posted in book talk, Breaking News, environment, fun trivia, general interest, hydropower, ocean energy, On Writing, renewable energy, science fiction, talk radio
Tagged Anti-Vigilante and the Rips in Time, authors, book talk, Diane Tegarden, Jim Eastwood, Marsha Eastwood, radio interviews, radio show interview, Terrax
I cannot remember where I picked up this word, but it sounds like one thing and means another….
scansion (noun)
the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
Etymology:
1645–55; Late Latin scānsiōn- (stem of scānsiō), Latin: a climbing, equivalent to scāns (us) (past participle of scandere to climb) + -iōn
Source cited: “scansion.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 28 Feb. 2012. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scansion
Energetically, Diane Tegarden
“How to Escape a Bad Marriage-A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”;
“Light Through Shuttered Window”; “Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time” at BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, firewalkerpublications.com
ARRRGGHHHHH!
The other day Wade pulled up to a gas station (the truck was on empty), and I sat silently grinding my teeth. Busy pumping gas, he didn’t notice until he got back in the truck that something was bothering me.
“OK, what is it?” he looked around wondering what on Earth could have gotten me so disturbed.
“Those signs,” I moaned “doesn’t anyone have a dictionary in this wretched place?”
“What signs? What are you talking about now?” He looked around the gas station and couldn’t find anything wrong.
I pointed, finger shaking in indignation, at a column with wording that instructed drivers to “Move forword to the front pump”.
“OK, what’s wrong with the sign?” he sighed, not understanding how a simple instruction could get me upset.
“First of all, there’s no such word as ‘forword’. If they mean the direction, it’s spelled ‘forward’, if it’s in the beginning of a book, they mean ‘foreword’.”
“So what? No one knows the difference.” Then he looked at me, and amended “Ok, not that many people would know the difference, or even care!”
Breathing a deep sigh of disgust, I realize he’s right. I guess it’s the agonizing plight of being a Wordmeister…
Posted in fun trivia, general interest, humor, On Writing, Op-Ed, vocabulary
Tagged humor, vocabulary, word usage, wordmeister
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I’m taking a brief hiatus from my Blog Talk radio show and writing for The Examiner.com from January-March 2012 in order to finish my two main writing projects for this year; a novel “Cami Chameleon, Sweet Hitchhiker” and “Budgeting on a Dime” a short e-book about getting control of your personal finances.
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My next radio interview will be with Tammy Gagnon of the “No Longer Silent” Radio Show on Sunday January 22nd at 1pm PST/2pm MST/3pm CST/4pm EST.
The show will be about my experience surviving domestic violence, the call-in number to the show is 347-838-8098.
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Energetically, Diane Tegarden
“How to Escape a Bad Marriage-A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”;
“Light Through Shuttered Window”; “Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time” at BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, firewalkerpublications.com
Weasel Words…ambiguous or quibbling speech
The expression refers to words that are added to make a statement sound more legitimate and impressive but which are in fact unsubstantiated and meaningless. Examples of weasel words are ‘people say that…’, ‘studies show that…’, ‘up to 50% or more…’.
It has long been a widespread belief that weasels suck the yolks from bird’s eggs, leaving only the empty shell. This belief is the basis of the term ‘weasel words’, used to describe statements that have had the life sucked out of them.
Whether or not they actually suck eggs, Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed they did. The Bard didn’t coin the expression ‘weasel words’, but he came very close, when he made two references to the supposed habits of weasels:
The weazel Scot Comes sneaking, and so sucks the princoly egg. – Henry V, 1598
I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weazel sucks eggs. – As You Like It, 1600
Check out the entire citation at:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/weasel-words.html
Energetically, Diane Tegarden
I’m being interviewed by Linda Ballesteros on her “Power Talk” radio show on Wednesday Nov 16th at 7:30am PST/8:30am MST/9:30am CST/10:30am EST.
You can call #347-989-1363 with your questions or tune in at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/toughtalkradionetwork
Hope to “see” you all on the radio Wednesday!!!
Posted in book talk, general interest, love poetry, On Writing
Tagged Blog Talk Radio, Diane Tegarden, interview, Linda Ballesteros, Power Talk
More Bad….
(A filk song, to the tune of My Favorite Things)
by Diane Tegarden
Witches on broomsticks and whiskers on kittens,
knitting the dog into warm woolen mittens,
big cauldrons filling with all kinds of slag,
riding the wind with my favorite hag.
When the rat bites,
when the bat stings,
when I’m feeling bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I can feel-
More bad!
Freaking the neighbors
with singing and howling,
burning the fence down,
and cackling and yowling.
Big pregnant moon
caught up in a swing,
These are a few of my favorite things…
When the rat bites,
when the bat stings,
when I’m feeling bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I can feel-
more bad!
Author’s Notes:
“WHAT THE HECK IS FILK MUSIC?
by Nick Smith- from www.filk.com
Well, it’s sort of like folk music. It is a mixture of song parodies and original music, humorous and serious, about subjects like science fiction, fantasy, computers, cats, politics, the space program, books, movies, TV shows, love, war, death. . .
Filk music started off forty or fifty years ago, at science fiction conventions, where people got together late at night to have good old-fashioned folk music song circles. Well, late night circles being what they are, some folks got a little silly and started singing song parodies about their favorite SF books and authors. Fans started writing song parodies about themselves or each other. Some started composing serious songs about favorite topics.”
And that’s where it all began!
Posted in animals, etymology, fun trivia, general interest, Holiday Trivia, humor, On Writing, poetry, song lyrics
Tagged broomsticks, Diane Tegarden, filk music, Halloween, Pagan Holidays, Samhain, song lyrics, Sylvester
Sun Aug 28th UCLA will offer a Free Writer’s Faire from 11am to 3pm on the UCLA Campus, Young Hall Courtyard
There will be:
- 65 creative writers and screenwriters sharing their experience in 24 mini-classes
- you can enroll in Fall classes at UCLA at a 10% discounted rate
- receive one-on-one advice about classes and programs
- attend a special session on graduate programs in creative writing
For more information go to: http://www.uclaextension.edu/writersfaire
Energetically, Diane Tegarden
“How to Escape a Bad Marriage-A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”;
“Light Through Shuttered Window”; “Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time” at
BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, firewalkerpublications.com
Posted in book talk, general interest, On Writing
Tagged creative writing, free events, screenwriters, UCLA, Writers Faire
I’ll NEVER post your comment to my blog if….
I’ll NEVER post your comment to my blog if….
1. you post a comment on one of my pages, this just proves you don’t read my blog!
2. you have a website that sells products, especially drugs, shoes, jewelry or guns!
3. your website link is pointing to a blog in a foreign language…hey, I don’t know what you’re saying, so how can I endorse it?
4. I will NEVER NEVER NEVER endorse a website that promotes pornography or violence…NEVER!
If you want your comment to be published, simply reply to a blog post, not one of my pages, make sure your website that is listed doesn’t lead to products or porn, and make sure it’s in English!
Simple.
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Posted in fun trivia, general interest, humor, On Writing, Op-Ed
Tagged blog posts, comments, foreign languages, guns, op-ed, opinion-editorial, porn, shoes