How Has Eminem Risen to the Top – Recreation
How Has Eminem Risen to the Top
Jeff Schuman II
How is it that a little white boy from Kansas City has become the most well known rapper in the world Starting from nothing and eventually moving up to a multi-millionaire, Eminem over the past seven years has been in the eye of the public everywhere you look. He has essentially entered a black man
English Has Come A Long, Long Way… – Writing
English Has Come A Long, Long Way...
David Leonhardt
I often wonder what would happen if Shakespeare were to be transported in a time machine to our world today. What would he think How would he react
Yes, Willie would probably tell me "thou hast too much time on thy hands if thou spendeth it wondering about such flights of fancy." But only after he found his feet.
You see, Willie would be blown away by some of the comforts we take for granted. For instance, that box we walk into. The doors close all by themselves...just like magic. When they open, we are magically in a different place.
"What callest thou this contraption" Willie would ask in utter amazement.
An elevator. You would think nothing would phase a man who just landed his time machine 400 years into the future.
"Ah, I see. It was not magic after all. It elevated us, because it is an elevator."
This Willie guy is pretty handy with his English, isnt he But that wont get him far these days. A hundred years ago, even fifty, he could have figured out just about every new word by tracing its roots often to Greek or Latin. But not today.
"What are those...those...those, things"
Why thats a TV, with a VCR and a DVD player. Over there, its a CD player, an AM and FM radio and an amp. This is a PC, with CDRW and floppy drives, a powerful CPU, A and C drive, and more RAM than a MAC.
"What Thy alphabet seems a bit confusing."
Once upon a time, the meaning of a word could always be guessed by simply tracing the entomology of the word back to its lowest roots.
"Thou meanest etymology, dost thou not Entomology is the study of insects and bugs."
I knew that.
I took out a Kleenex because my nose was running.
"But how dost thy nose run"
I suppose the same way I drivest on a parkway and parkest in the driveway. Or how it doesnt matter whether we fill in a form or fill out a form...either way, the taxman gets the last laugh.
I offered to take Willie for a ride.
"That is more like it. There is nothing quite like a horse under ones bottom.
No, no, no. We dont ride horses anymore. That is a barbaric way to treat such majestic beasts. Now we drive cars...and kill the horses off with the exhaust.
"I have no idea what you are talking about."
Just have a seat in the BMW, Willie, while I turn on the AC and rev up the RPMs on this old V6. Before you know it, well be doing 100 mph down the 102.
"More letters and numbers. Have words become redundant in the future"
Pretty much. As life got more and more complicated, words got more and more complicated. Pretty soon it was taking several minutes just to pronounce a single government department. So real word groups had to be replaced by acronyms
Shared Dancing Has Benefits for Babies and New Moms Alike – Parenting
Shared Dancing Has Benefits for Babies and New Moms Alike
Susan Peach
Every parent knows the calming effects on their baby of rocking and gentle motion. After all, who among us has not paced the floor at 2 am trying to entice a little one back to sleep by rocking, bouncing or swaying
While you may not be able to do much about those late night pacing sessions, you can capitalise on your baby