March 29, 2010
See that tagline up top? Â “The Ambitious Procrastinator”? Â Ever wondered what that’s really all about? Here’s your answer. Last month, I posted a day by day account of my attempts at getting in shape. Â How? Â Why? Â Well, I kept a daily log (for the most part) that was rather lengthy- and I pared that down […]
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March 13, 2010
Cringe verb 1 she cringed as he bellowed in her ear: cower, shrink, recoil, shy away,flinch, blench, draw back; shake, tremble, quiver, quail, quake. 2 it makes me cringe when I think of it: wince, shudder, squirm, feel embarrassed, feel mortified. The second entry is our focus today.  None of those other words seem to properly convey what cringe does so succinctly.  (Mortification is a good one as well, but it doesn’t have the same physical […]
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