Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Courtesy of one of my favorite websites, WordSpy , comes this marvelous and sadly-useful word: agnogenesis, defined as "the deliberate...

Christmas songs provide us with elements of warmth and joy that are sadly needed in times like these. They teach lessons of selflessness an...

There's been a huge surge recently in the recognition of the problem of sexual harassment, with many prominent persons (mostly men) in ...

Back in June of 2010 I wrote a tongue-in-cheek, satirical post * in which I provided snarky answers to questions about the American system ...

There are two Musical Sundays before Christmas, and for the first one I thought I'd share this great song by a lady I met through a mut...

And away we go ... Representative John Conyers (D, MI) retired from Congress after allegations of sexual misconduct, even as calls by De...

New wonders for a new month ... The latest from the GOP Gift Shop ... Well, it's a mistake anyone could have made ... ...

You may recall that back on November 16th I wrote a post fulminating about the insane "dynamic" tolls imposed as a "traffic ...

Well, I actually don't hate yogurt ... what I hate is shopping for yogurt. Last Sunday I decided to make a recipe which required pl...

My friend Mary has turned out to be a veritable fountain of interesting information about words and the larger general topic of language. L...