as an addition to an earlier post, another phrase that I do not like or possibly just don’t truely understand is “new and improved”.
According to webster:
new: having existed or having been made but a short time
improve: to make useful additions or amendments
These terms, especially as it applies to advertising are completely contradictory. If something is new, then there is no older version to which improvements could have been added. If it is improved, then an older version of the same thing existed and thus the item is not new.
From time to time, I find that my friends are trying to digitally set me up. So far, no replies. Isn’t that sad.
As things currently stands, the biggest hinderance to my constant posting is the fact that I have yet to figure out a way for the computer to just read my thoughts and make posts based on the knowledge it gains. I come of with things to say, then I don’t actually type them out.
So now, for a little while I shall be posting several small posts just to get them out there.
I recently came into possession of an item. While I have some ideas what it might be used for, I don’t really know what it is. You can find pictures here, here, and here. One might be tempted to label it a bell, but it is missing the dinger (for lack of a better word). What I can tell you is that it is made of pewter, and the box it came in gives zero indication of what it might be used for.
Any insights you might have would be welcome, outlandish guesses are even more welcome.
Hello my name is Jonathan, and I am an addict.
I am officially (by which I mean unofficially) addicted to my refresh button, and revisting the various sites which have made their way to my main list of bookmarks. Some of you have sites, which I may single handedly be inflating the hit rate to. I just felt the need to check them all one last time before I went to bed, which might not seem to bad except that it is 4AM and I have already checked them post-midnight. I.must.stop.
