Exercise of "M"s before "Topic Word"

As I write this, the Poll for "Topic Word" ends in just a couple of hours. By the time you read this it may already be closed.

The Winner will of course be written about tomorrow; however, a slight exercise, that came about by a challenge from a friend in one of the Forums, is in order.

The Challenge was to use all words from the Poll in a sentence or paragraph. I truly believe it is a fantastic exercise in writing.

The Poll words for this time around are:

Mythical,

Magniloquent,

Metronome,

Morphology,

Madam,

and Minotaur.




Today's exercise response comes about in the form of a simple sentence.

Exercise:


The magniloquent madam, with her knowledge of morphology, used a metronome to become a mythical minotaur.

Madam

To

Minotaur

Picture on Flickr                                                                                                                 Fantasy Minotaur via craigbrasco



That was almost to simple but turns out to make a very interesting sentence.


Writing, in my opinion, should be used to enlighten, enrich, encourage, inform, I could go on and on.
As writers (no matter now Elite or Novice) we should strive to get people involved in reading, writing and participating with what we do and in Life.





Sorry for the Delay today.  I have no idea why but for some reason the pictures were being a tad bit attitudish today.

Dragons, Really?

As the Title of this blog implies, I write about Anything at Anytime.

When I first started blogging a little over a month ago now I posted a comment about Dragons in one of the forums that I forage in for chats and an occasional inspiration.

The Dragons post was to find other sites and blogs about (of course) Dragons. Only a few others in the forum got into the discussion with me and it did not lead to what I was wanting; however, it did lead to some serious discussion about how or what and if Dragons could really exist.

Now, we all know that there has never been found the fossil of a Dragon. No true definitive that says, Dragons really existed. There are many things that Science says existed or expects may have existed but have no real proof that they did: example the killer sperm whale was a suspected species, (which recently they have found a skull and have since named the species Leviathan Melvillei (after the author of Moby Dick Herman Melville)).

I therefore am proposing a simple hypothesis of Dragons: The bones are thin and hollow, like birds (in order for the weight to be low enough to allow possible short term "flight"), covered with strong muscle to protect the bones. That Dragons processed the gases we breath differently in such a way as to allow storage and heating of specific gases that would allow for Lighter than air flight. A few examples I would use here would be to look at all whales in general and the way they store oxygen for long dives and Lung Fish that can breath outside of water or bury themselves in mud as the water sources dry up in order to await the next rainy season.

Going back and reading stories on Dragons you find that the larger they got the less often they took flight.  That would tend to hold true with life in general, simple look at us (people) as a prime example: the larger we get we tend to be more "slothful",  muscles have to work harder to support the weight, joints stress more supporting the weight, and in the process we don't do as much which in and of itself tends to cause our muscles to not perform as they would under normal circumstances.  Breathing becomes harder and therefore does not provide the right mix of gases our body needs to do things consistently or that we use to do.

What if Dragons were a member of the Raptor family?  Science has show that the Raptor family is related to birds of today.  What is to say that there may not have been an evolutionary mutation that caused certain breeds (kinds) of Raptors to grow wings as their food sources shrank and required them to range further and further to find good food sources?

Follow the link to more pictures and renderings of various members of the Raptors.

Now don't these pictures look like they could be Dragons?  Those are actual Scientific renderings of various members of the Raptor family.  Compared to pictures of Dragons there is a rather striking similarity don't you think? 

For more go to the Dragons Page.

What is to say that there were not further adaptions to the physical nature of some Raptors that could create a True Dragon?

Just a Hypothesis from a self proclaimed Dragon Nut!

Oh, and if you see these guys around your computer today send them Home!  Please?

Sometimes We are to Close! or Always in a Rush?

Have you ever worked so hard at something, so hard that the only thing you can think of is that something?

I have.

Odds are that you have at one time or other as well.

We all do it. 
I have got to get that done for the blog.
I have to reach this goal by this date.
That "Project" for the office has to be done by.......
The reports to file and get ready for Oversight Review. 
The new construction Job site needs this or that. 
I've Got to get that paperwork filed for the inspections. 
I Have to make sure the kids are prepared for the Test.
We all do it.

Sometimes we get so involved with what we have to do we don't always see the best way to do it.
We get into that rut of doing it this way or that way, not paying attention to other avenues of approach.

We (as a society and as individuals) are in such a hurry to "finish" somethings we do not allow ourselves the luxury to see what other options are available to accomplish something. 
We tend to rush from beginning to end, not seeing the whole but just the straight line point.  Some things that we do need that view point.  No escaping that fact.
But........

Not everything we do at work or in life needs to be done quickly and put down so that we can jump to the next thing.
Every once in awhile we need to slow down and look at everything around us and see what is need to complete the whole picture.
Or ....
Ask someone for their point of view and if they may have a different way of doing it that may make things easier for you and you never thought of it that way.
Or .....
Help someone accomplish their job, their goal and you may be surprised.  Now that person has time to help you or a Fresh perspective that completes what you were missing and couldn't find.

Just some of my thoughts about us all being in a rush all the time and not being able to see what is sometimes right in front of us!

This isn't just about Jobs and Work.

This applies to Home and Family and Friends as well!  It applies to all of us, all of the time, everywhere we are.


Slow Down!  Help and let yourself be Helped! 
You might be surprised what we can all accomplish together.