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There's a Word for That: Dasani
Dasani is a brand of water bottled by Coca-Cola. I did a little research into the origins of the word Dasani and found that it originates from the Coca-Cola marketing team. There is no definition for it, although one exec tried to insinuate that the word Dasani conjured a “Roman God of Water”. For me, though, Dasani conjures visions of home, of my kids playing in the bathtub, of my sweaty yard man (hubby) drinking from the water hose, and even, *gasp* of me doing the dishes. You see, Dasani is bottled here in Little Rock. From tap water. Sure, they filter it (so do I, with a Brita pitcher), and they add some salt and potassium chloride (you know, the stuff in the chemical cocktail used for lethal injections) to … Read entire article »
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Theres a Word for That: kWh
In honor of Earth Day, my TWT posts will center on energy and “green” concepts this month. kWh stands for Kilowatt Hour, which is the measure of energy used by your electric company to figure your bill. A kilowatt hour is equivalent to using 1000 watts of electricity in one hour. You can figure how many kilowatt hours an electrical appliance uses by multiplying its wattage by the amount of time you are using it, and dividing by 1000. So, for example, (caution! english major doing math here!) if you have a 100 watt light bulb in your lamp, and you have the lamp on for one hour, you use 0.1 kWh of electricity. If you keep that same lamp on for 10 hours, you’ve used 1 kWh. You can use this … Read entire article »
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There's a Word for That: Wiki!
Last week’s word association was fun – thanks to everyone who commented. We’ll do that again soon. I’m thinking about trying to write something that includes all your associated words…stay tuned! So this week, as I was noodling around for what to write about in this week’s TWT post, I kept landing back on an oft-used website resource, Wikipedia. And then I started to wonder, what is a “wiki” anyway? So, I looked it up (on Wikipedia, of course!). A wiki, essentially, is a website that allows multiple people to create content and pages which are all linked together. The creator of the first wiki, Ward Cunningham, named his wiki the WikiWikiWeb. Wiki means “fast” in Hawaiian. Later, other people turned it into an acronym and said it stood for What I … Read entire article »
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There's a Word for That: Word Association!
My good friend Stephanie suggested that we do a word association for this week’s TWT post. She’s an elementary school teacher, so I have to listen to her, or else go in time out. Plus, the word association game is fun! Thanks Stephanie for the great idea. So, I am posting a word below. You read the word, and leave a comment with the first word you think of when you read my word. At my request, Stephanie and her two awesome kids sent me four words to choose from. The one I chose seems very significant at this time, one, because I love it; two, because we announced our big presenting sponsor for MOMcation last week, and their sponsorship level is named this; and three, because it’s the type of … Read entire article »
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Arkansas Women Bloggers
If you’re a blogger, and you’re a woman, and you’re from Arkansas there’s a new group that you need to know about: Arkansas Women Bloggers! It’s an online gathering place to make friends with other Arkansas Women Bloggers, share stories and experiences, and be inspired. In addition to adding yourself to the list of women who are blogging in Arkansas, you can also grab the Arkansas Women Bloggers button (a great piece of bling for your blog; see mine over on the right?), plus, you can submit your favorite blog posts to be featured on the site. Arkansas Women Bloggers is being organized by my blog buddy, The Park Wife. I’ve met her in person, and she’s a pretty awesome gal. We’re hoping to organize a small bloggers’ conference in the … Read entire article »
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There's A Word For That: Days of the Week
This week is kicking my bootie (that’s another word for your back side). So, as I was analyzing the tortures each day of the week is bringing me, I started to wonder how the days of the week got their names. The answer? Mythology, of course! I have always liked mythology, and had classes on it in high school and college, so I don’t know if my brain has since dumped this information to make more room for tidbits like how to make a brain in a ziplock bag out of potato flakes and sand, or if I really never knew the origins of our days. Anyhow, names of days has evolved over time, based on who was/is ruling the world: Greek Name Roman Name Germanic Name Current Name Sun Sun Sun Sunday Moon Moon Moon Monday Ares Mars Tiu Tuesday Hermes Mercury Woden Wednesday Zeus Jupiter Thor Thursday Aphrodite Venus Freya Friday Cronus Saturn Saturn Saturday Tiu is the god of War and the … Read entire article »
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