Here are a few great posts seen ’round the web lately:
7 Things I Should Have Taught My Sons, HT to Lori. With a couple of them leaving the nest, I know I am going to think of such things, too.
Just Do Something, HT to Sharper Iron, on the subject of making a difference at church. Some ideas listed: “Give people the benefit of the doubt. Say ‘hi’ to the teen-ager no one notices. Welcome the old ladies with the blue hair and the young men with tattoos.”
The Secret to a Husband’s Love, Happy Marriage, HT to Lizzie.
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. Mmmmmm…
I have seen this site mentioned in several places: I Write Like, where you insert text of something you’ve written and it supposedly analyzes what author your writing is similar to. So I tried a few of my old posts.
When I tried The Storm and the Rainbow I got:
William Shakespeare
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
Umm — I think I’m a far cry from The Bard!
When I tried Cakes Are My Culinary Waterloo I got:
…whom I had never heard of.
When I tried Encouragement For Mothers of Young Children, I got:
So either I am a very versatile writer, or…the system needs tweaking. Probably the latter. 🙂 But it is fun to play with.
Ok I had to try that “I Write Like” and so I put in a few posts. I put in my recent one on marriage and it said that I write like Leo Tolstoy. I put in my “Nature Explorer” review and it said I write like David Foster Wallace.
haha! I’m going to guess that the system needs tweaking.
Barbara, it said I write like Shakespeare if I had a lot of scripture quotes in it. What’s funny is when I cut and pasted some actual Shakespeare in there, it said I wrote like Charles Dickens! LOL
I think the systemjust has a roulette wheel of writer’s names and you get whatever your spin lands on, but it was fun to play with!
That was fun! I got a couple of authors I had never heard of.. but then I went and googled them. One is a sports writer and the other writes mysteries, lol.
Thanks for the mention!