Waxing Poetically: Addressing Culture with a Twist of Poetry

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Hey, Friends! Today I thought I’d go a bit of a different route and I thought I’d pose a challenge. We as humans get into habits and rituals very often just because we can. So today (or when ever you should read this post) I’m proposing a break from habitual rituals so typical. (C’mon that was some good rhymin’ - was it not?) I’m not advocating putting you life or livelihood in danger by playing cops and robbers with the state police or making an unsupervised attempt a knife juggling - no. But I will you give some loose suggestions to assist you in getting that great, big neurochemical ball of consciousness rolling.

1. Learn a new word and use it when appropriate. Merriam-Webster Online’s word of today is manticore • \MAN-tih-kor\ • noun

: a legendary animal with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion

Example Sentence:
The book, a collection of fantastic tales, has on its cover a vivid illustration of a wild-eyed manticore chasing a hunter.

Did you know?
A mythical creature of ancient fables, the manticore keeps company with the better-known unicorn, dragon, and griffin. Descriptions of the manticore’s features sometimes differ (some accounts mention porcupine quills or poisonous spikes, for example; others depict the tail as having a serpent’s head), but the animal is by all accounts a dreadful beast. The word “manticore” came to English through Greek and Latin, and is probably ultimately of Iranian origin. Etymologists think it is related to an Old Persian word for “man-eater.” (Visit the Word of the Day homepage).

2. When cooking or ordering your food tonight, add something you never thought to before. Can you imagine that first person who said, “I want to put blueberries in these pancakes?” There had to have been a first time - right?

3. Read an audio book while cleaning the house. I’ve gotten quite the unofficial doctoral degree just from clicking around the internet. (See the “Brain Food” section to the right of this blog for more information).

4. Dance, sing, and be generally weird for just a few minutes for no reason at all! You will thank me!

5. Skip your favorite TV show and google a topic you’ve always want to learn about or do. You’ll thank me again very probably!

Enjoy! and wax spontaneously!

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