Idiom: Red Queen’s race
“Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if you run very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.”
“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” [1]
Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Caroll
A Red Queen’s race is any conflict situation where any absolute advances are equal on all sides such that the relative advantages stay constant despite significant changes from the initial state.
In other words … Much Ado/efforts and pains About Nothing; all for naught.
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Stopping now,
Shh, she’s writing
..and then reading it. And then writing again.
If you feel that you could use some music to shut out from the outer world (and noises) and have some concentration, here you have a wonderful mix of instrumentals to help you. My favourite contemporary classic, Ludovico Einaudi:
Writingly yours,
Quote of the day
So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.— John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society
Co-worker vs. colleague
What is the difference?
Co-workers are all of those people you work with. Some are on the same level as you, some higher, some lower. You all work at the same place though so you are co-workers.
Colleagues are those people that are your occupational peers (equal level of position and responsibility). Two high school teachers at the same school are coworkers and colleagues. The principal is also their coworker but not their colleague. The principals colleagues are other school principals.
The dictionary tells us that colleagues share class or profession whereas coworkers simply “works with another…”
Via Yahoo answers
A little bit but now you know it,
Idiom: He will give the Devil his due
Meaning
Literally, pay the devil what you owe him. Used figuratively to mean ‘give back what you owe’, either money or favours.
Origin
From Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1, 1597:
Constable: I will cap that proverb with ‘There is flattery in friendship.’
Orleans: And I will take up that with ‘Give the devil his due.’
Fake English
We talked about learning the language in order to speak properly and get understood (properly!). Yep, check.
What about learning the lyrics before singing a foreign-language song?
More than 12.500.000 views on youtube. You need to see this.
Valentina Hasan, a contestant in the second season of the Bulgarian show “Music Idol” performs Mariah Carey’s song “Without you” in fake English:
The reaction of Mariah Carey:
Come on, sing along.
Ken leeeeeee, ….
P.S. Guess this other “American” song. Can you?
A Million Thank-Yous
Dear all,
This is my 18th day of active posting(of 23 from the start) and also the day I reached my first 1.000 hits.
I want to thank you!
Please click to hear me 🙂
Next step 10.000 🙂 I shall get better with time (or, at least will strive and hope to:) )
And before it gets too cheesy…
Thank you again,
My Kiki-love
As I talked about reading as an essential part of my day (and life), I wanted to introduce you to my BFF.
- Name: Kiki
- Breed: Kindle Keybord (a.k.a. “3”) of the Electronic Readers
- Age: About 9 months
Some birthday pictures (happy delivery) 🙂
This is not a review, pro(s) and con(s), etc.
All I have to say is that I love my Kiki to pieces. It’s compact, yet I can have my 150 books with me the whole time . It’s slim and good looking and oh-so-smart with all that features and functions for bookmarking, taking notes, making clippings and easy information sharing. Buy and download a book in less than a minute (with build-in WiFi), use the build-in dictionary with just one click…
I could only be sorry that I haven’t had a Kiki during my studies back in the university, it would have spared me so much efforts, especially for my literature classes.
Not that I don’t like the smell of books, mind you! But having a Kindle does not imply that you will stop for ever and the whole eternity your other readings. It means that you will have one more love.
If you are having second thought about purchasing a Kindle, don’t. Shoot away, it is worth it. Every cent!
Don’t ask me about the page, there are just percents here,
Some British humour
Pease help yourselves to some British humour, starring the now world famous Hugh Laurie and my even more favourite Stephen Fry.
Cannot even pronounce my new name,
Quote of the day
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
Oscar Wilde
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