Amuse-bouche:

How to use “and” 5 times in a row grammatically:

A woman owned a store called “This And That.” She hired someone to make a sign for her store. When the sign was finished, the owner inspected the work. She discovered that the spacing was not to her liking, so she said, “The space between ‘This’ and ‘And’ and ‘And’ and ‘That’ is different. Please fix it.”

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Today’s Wonderful Word: “bombogenesis.”

Definition: the process in which the air pressure in the center of a cyclone rapidly drops, potentially producing hurricane-force winds with very heavy rain or snow.

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According to Stephen King, writing is “Telepathy, of course.” In his autobiographical and informative memoir, On Writing, King talks about the curious nature of writing. Authors put down words to be read by others in the future.

Writing transcends time and space.

He elaborates and says, “All the arts depend upon telepathy to some degree, but I believe that writing offers the purest distillation.” He talks about writing the first draft of On Writing from one of his favorite desks in his basement on a snowy day in December 1997. Anyone at any point who reads what he wrote then and there will experience it when and where they are. Even King himself later read his own words and communicated with himself telepathically when revising the text and creating subsequent drafts.

Telepathy is a superpower not to be taken lightly. It’s a tool we all have at our disposal. Yet let us not dispose of it so carelessly. On the other hand, let us exercise our powers often and responsibly lest they become dormant or harmful.

To you, dear reader of the future (which is now your present), please strengthen your voice and yield your pen and speak to future readers of another world.

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Happy Valentine’s Day, one day late.

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Answer to Saturday’s riddle:

Q1. d)

Q2. c)

Q3. a)

Q4. b)

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