by mmooney | Aug 2, 2024 | The Friday Message
I just watched the original song video that includes this memorable interjection, an expression of happiness. In l946, Song of the South was released by Walt Disney. It has proven controversial, but the sheer joy of the mixed animation is still refreshing. My...
by mmooney | Jul 26, 2024 | The Friday Message
It is an age-old question, “if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Although he apparently did not say these words George Berkeley is given credit for the philosophical thought experiment. The question regards observation...
by mmooney | Jul 20, 2024 | The Friday Message
We traveled to Portland Maine to attend the wedding of our good friends’ daughter. The wedding was held at a wonderful venue on Lake Sebago, (Sih-bay-goh) Maine’s second largest lake at 45 square miles. It is a pristine body of water, resembling our own Payette...
by mmooney | Jul 12, 2024 | The Friday Message
I was very impressed with the recent Amazon renewable energy announcement. Seven years ahead of an aggressive schedule “all of the electricity consumed by Amazon’s operations, including its data centers, was matched with 100 percent renewable energy in 2023. Amazon...
by mmooney | Jul 5, 2024 | The Friday Message
f you pay one of the on line pronunciation services $2.99 you can have several different English speakers say this native name. Wa ha ka, is close to correct. The district is in southern Mexico and borders on the Pacific Ocean. Not unlike the history of exploration...
by mmooney | Jun 28, 2024 | The Friday Message
It has become a bit of a religion in our house, watching Jeopardy. It is amazing how many answers I do not know. Periodically, there is a group of questions under portmanteau. In linguistics such a word is ‘a blend….a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining...
