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Today's #vss365 word is Vespers. "Vespers" and "Vespas" are homonyms in my local accent, so that's where my mind went, combining a set of prayers I've never prayed with a type of scooter I've never ridden using a linguistic device that doesn't work in most parts of the world...

I'm never been a fan of social media, even back when it was "good." Like, subscribe, repost, repeat...to what end?

Science can't yet tell us what 95% of the universe is made of, whether our universe is the only one, whether it follows the only possible set of physical laws, or how much of it exists outside our observable horizon.

Today's word is RESOLUTION. Burn it all and start over with an empty page, or an empty newsletter? This year I'm resolved to Be Creative, Have Fun, Share, and Collaborate.

Some say it takes 30 days in a row of doing a thing before it becomes a habit, 45 if you're stubborn, and 60 if the task in any way promotes physical health or mental wellbeing. Keep it fresh and remember to smile!

Readers who are able to detect hidden undercurrents of meaning draw more enjoyment from works of fiction and are better able to disarm manipulative language. But the sledgehammer approach is blunt and to the point.

When I was eleven, my younger sister took ballet lessons at the community center and my mother would park me in a wood-paneled waiting room that contained an overstuffed chair, a collection of Robert Frost poems, and a soda machine.