Old Dog - New Trick

So I was channel surfing this morning, can't remember which show but they mentioned something called "word cloud" and showed a pic of one. I was instantly interested and grabbed the old computer and googled it.

 Back story, I'd seen many of these kinds of things but never heard the name or been able to find anyone who knew how they were made. 

Google had several youtube videos on the subject and after watching a couple I learned that it was easy (well not for me. I had to watch the videos MANY times, gave up, used my iPad to pull them up so I could figure things out step by step with the computer right beside). I was in luck because I have Microsoft Word and PowerPoint programs which I use quite often. This was great!!!

Starting and stopping the video helped me to upload the necessary program to get started with my word cloud and above is my first finished one. I am so proud of this old dog who learned a new trick.

What's your old dog/new trick story? I love to hear from you.

 

Word Play

I love words and the way we use them and interpret them......Enjoy and please take on offense because none was intended.

• To write with a broken pencil is pointless
• When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate
• When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, .......U.C.L.A.
• The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground
• The batteries were given out free of charge
• A dentist and a manicurist married.  They fought tooth and nail
• A will is a dead giveaway
• A boiled egg is hard to beat
• If you take your laptop for a run you could joy your memory
• In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes
• Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end
• Acupuncture - a jab well done

English is Crazy

More craziness:

How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

you can make amends but not one amend.

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital; ship by truck and send cargo by ship; have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

More English is Crazy

The other week I posted about the craziness of the English language.  Below is another sample of our wonderful way with words.

6.  A bass fish was painted on the head of the bass drum.
7.  When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
8.  Bob didn't object to the object.
9.  They were too close to the door to close it.
10.  After a number of injections, his jaw became number.

English is Crazy

I was reading an article in a Seniors Newspaper the other week and ran across the topic of "English is Crazy," researched by S. Capps.  Since I'm over 50 most of what I read made perfect sense to me because school back in the day, as my boys would say, was intense and my teachers were thorough.  Well, I digress, so here's a sample from the article:
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
4. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
5. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

There are more of these wonderful English wordings that I hope to share in the future.