Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had no occasion to be told that the bell was again upon the stroke of One. He felt that he was restored to consciousness in the right nick of time, […]
Continue ReadingStave 4: The Last of the Spirits
The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left […]
Continue ReadingStave 5: The End of It
Yes! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in! ‘I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.’ Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out […]
Continue ReadingWords Often Mispronounced
From SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced Some of the words tied to this year’s hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud, with stumpers ranging from the first name […]
Continue ReadingBLACK SABBATH – “Paranoid”
This song by Black Sabbath is consistently ranked as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. Maybe the biggest hit of Ozzy’s group, along with “Iron Man.” The lyrics were written by and about bassist Geezer Butler, whom the band often called paranoid, even though he didn’t […]
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