Gifted Typist

GT commentator Dick sent in these medical terminologies and meanings. I’ve heard some of these definitions on this BBC radio classic. I will post more in the days to come. Artery……………………. The study of paintings Bacteria………………….. Back door to cafeteria Barium……………………. What doctors do when patients die Benign……………………. What you be, after you be eight [...]

With news focusing on the cyclone in Burma, there are conflicting messages as to what the country is in fact called. Canada, Britain and the US do not recognize the name Myanmar because it was imposed on the country by the military junta in 1989. They say Burma. Pro-democracy campaigners also call it Burma. The [...]

Call me a miserable SOB, but I cannot stand the chirpy, cutesy little “Happy Monday!” greeting. Ditto Happy Tuesday-Sunday. I don’t mind Thank God It’s Friday, or (Tell me why) I Don’t Like Mondays. I don’t mind Good Day or Hello, either. I don’t even mind Eff Off, if it’s delivered with a modicum of [...]

I’ve downloaded a Theme Switcher plug-in. This allows you to choose the skin you like. Look in the sidebar. I’ve inserted the php code at the top in each theme. Click on a theme and you can see my blog in the various different skins I’ve tested this week. I’m not sure if this will [...]

This is the nifty apple theme. I guess it’s a Mac thang. I like the design but some of the colours may need tweaking. Not sure that it fits my typist’s theme, but take a bite and let me know how it tastes

See my Herald column here. In my town they’ve banned lawn pesticides. And that’s a good thing IMHO. But this ban has had a strange knock-on. It’s given rise to a whole movement of dandelion pluckers. These people are like the Rambos of Suburbia, out there stalking down the little yellow enemy and ripping them [...]

This theme is Working Girl. It could also be called Working Typist. I have to admit that it does represent a certain typist of your acquaintance crunched over sitting up straight at a keyboard all day long. (Only my desk is not so neat). A certain 11-year old daughter has been over my shoulder this [...]