One dozen shuriken, plus a crossbow
It’s impossible to truly know what you’re getting yourself into with a new job
Richard Allardice
Podcast 8: Wait, what did you say? Part II
Today’s episode is the second part of a two-part series on language, looking at phrases we use all the time, but which on closer examination are a bit weird, misleading or funny. Features:
* Bears, hares and wondering where – notes on the hilarious linguistic laziness of Kiwi English
* Stars, lasers
#27 🥸 Grouchy frames, wilful stubbornness and a centenary event 💯
What’s in the box?
* New post on stubbornness, clarity and glasses frames 👓
* Frame of the week – the optimal eyewear 🥸
* Mysteries of what people like – the top posts, as voted by your eyeballs 👁️
* So close to a centenary update for members – help needed 🙏
* The immortality of newsletters and email 📧
Framed
Seeing isn’t always believing. A reading-glasses saga of resolution and stubbornness.
#26 🔬 The smallness of a small house, and the goings-on inside 🏠
What’s in the box? 📦
* Real quick – some responses to newsletter #25 💛
* The first post of a new series – notes from a small house 🏠
* Square metreage of the week – how small is a small house? 📏
* A new exclusive post, plus an opportunity to get Christmas early 🎄
Notes from a small house I
Inexact questions, kids being lawyers, an avalanche of artwork, and a forlorn-looking dog who can’t make up his mind
Bible game show
Evangelical churches, doomsday youth group, and a Mormons playing grid iron – trying to understand the things your mum sent me to, as a kid