metaphors

Vladimir Putin lost several pawns on the chessboard - Kosovo, Iraq, Nato membership for the Baltic states, US renunciation of the ABM treaty, US missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. But he waited. The trap was set in Georgia. When President Saakashvili blundered into South Ossetia, sending...

Electrifying Hip-Hop lyricist Pryslezz emerges from the Midwest with the release of Death of a Man, Rebirth of a King, a ground-breaking new album giving listeners a glimpse into the raw talent of the young MC, complete with endless metaphors and heavy bass laden beats featuring notable guest appearances from chart topping R&B vocalist Raheem Devaughn and Neo-Soul front man Dwele heard on the

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court! Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available at the web... NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE OVERLY RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR STUPID!

Got guests arriving in 10 minutes and afraid you'll never be able to come up with anything current or interesting to talk about? Never fear! I whipped this up just for you. Even if you look at nothing else political this week, learn these headlines! Below is a veritable layered party dip of stories I am dying for you to know.First, the beans. Like beans, this story just might give you indiges

Are you feeling down today? Want to know how to save time? He’s in a dark mood today. I’m trying to get more done. All of the sentences above involve the use of metaphors. “The essence of metaphors,” Lakoff and Johnson argued in Metaphors We Live By, “is understanding one kind of [...]

Rep. Goodlatte's (R-6th) Democratic challenger will have the honor of being the first Dem to face off against him in ten years! Goodlatte will easily spank whoever it may be, but before the carnage takes place it seems the two Democrats vying for nomination have sparked an intra-party squabble that includes some great campaign cannibalism. To begin, Sam Rasoul made the faux pas of the year by

Here Are A Few Samples: Opening Act Stroke the keys to give up the enchanted lights of darkness History evolved into something like of a disaster Broken hearts are broken silently, without a key of smiles unknown To the devil born the new people Without a trace my life belongs to you Don’t you want to stare into your rear view window? Creeping giants will swallow you wholeIt is like an enormous battle underneath the moonlit night Without you knowing the truest answer to the puzzle You shiver with a silent breath Upon your shoulders Death creeps upon you What do you do? Look away and pray to the Lord Is he listening? On the other hand, I think I am dreamingThis change on earth Needs to start this moment Eleventh Act Pop culture is a game of playing mind games It i

My wife had to compile a list of eye metaphors in Urdu with English translation and meaning and she was able to compile quite a list. She gave me persmission to post this so that most of you who might want to learn little bit of urdu can look at this list and figure out [...]

Humans are interesting creatures, not unlike animals in their desire to shun pain, to do what they can to avoid the sting of a wound, be it physical or emotional. About the time I stopped posting to my blog I had stepped into the axis of my pain, and I have to admit, it surprised me.Just weeks earlier I had been talking with my friend Mary, explaining that I had already mourned the end of my marriage three years ago. All that was left to grieve was the impact it was having on my children (can we say denial?). I was efficiently moving through my divorce, checking through these emotional steps like items on a To-Do list. That’s when the unbearable pain hit me, stealing my breath. Suddenly my heart resembled a split melon, wide and messy with emotion. I thought I was going to die, thought I wanted to die, and gravitated towards my ex, the only one who truly understood how much our divorce hurt.Not until this moment have I recognized two types of pain. One steals upon you slowly and befo

Victoria ponders how English - a language she loves - is institutionally 'disablist' While at junior school, I was fortunate enough to have a remarkable teacher called Mrs Brown (not her real name) who was passionate about English literature. It was Mrs Brown who first introduced me to Classics by giving me a children’s story about the fall of Troy. (Little did she realise that nine years late

Can you find all the sexual metaphors? New Zealand’s Fresh TV wants you to think filthy with a commercial depicting as many sexual metaphors as they could possible fit in one minute. glumbert - Can you find all the sexual metaphors?

Liz Strauss of Successful Blog fame has recently been running another wildly successful Group Writing exercise where she asked her readers to define their own metaphor for blogging, ideally to help explain it to those coming to blogging for the first time. A huge range of really good and incredibly diverse metaphors were forthcoming which it seems appropriate to share here so that you can peruse them at your leisure. There were also some “winners” chosen - randomly I might add, since my own Blogging Metaphor was one of them - who will be receiving a copy of Lorelle’s book “Blogging Tips — What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging“. The ten winners were: 10 reasons why blogging is like dating” at Romance Tracker Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors at BrainBasedBusiness Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy at Moments of Clarity What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes) at ModernMagellans Singing the “bloggi

Liz Strauss at Successful Blog has posted her third and fourth batch of submissions in the Blogging Metaphor Project, and I’m copying the list below.  It’s a great project and I encourage you to check out the links if you get a chance. Romance Tracker’s post on 10 reasons why blogging is like dating was included in the first batch, and it brought us some nice traffic.  Kudos again to Liz for thinking up a great blogging project! Kayaking as a Metaphor for Blogging at Loosely Speaking—A VA’s Blog A hug, metaphorically speaking at MamaBlogga Blogging is like dancing on top of an iceberg, and other Metaphors at J.T’s Productivity Blog 20 Blogging Metaphors - Rock Throwing and the Universal Monkey at marketing neophyte Blogging metaphors at Roberta Ferguson Blogging Metaphors at Lena M Holmberg Blogging Metaphor (s) at Transition Capital Management The Blogosphere is a Virtual Time Capsule : Another Viral Meme at Orbit Now! Dexter’s Memetic Laboratory at Spooky Action Rea

Liz Strauss at Successful Blog has posted her second batch of submissions in the Blogging Metaphor Project, and I’m copying the list below.  It’s a great project and I encourage you to check out the links if you get a chance. Romance Tracker’s post on 10 reasons why blogging is like dating was included in the first batch, and it brought us some nice traffic.  Kudos again to Liz for thinking up a great blogging project! Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors at BrainBasedBusiness - Using your Brain to succeed in Business · Blogging is like a box of chocolates… at Small Business Marketing Ideas - Marketing Idea Blog Blogging Metaphors, or, What I am doing here at A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy at Moments of Clarity My Blogging Metaphor at Carpe Factum What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes) at ModernMagellans - Maps to Improve Your Business, Leadership, and Life A Blog is Your Bullhorn to the Wor

Romance Tracker’s recent post on 10 reasons why blogging is like dating has attracted quite a bit of attention and linkbacks across the blogosphere.  In a funny coincidence, I sent the post to Liz Strauss at Successful Blog without even realizing that she had recently launched a group writing project about blogging metaphors!  :) Liz was kind enough to include our post in the first batch of ”What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?” submissions, and I’m reproducing the full list for your enjoyment below.  Check them out if you get a chance! What metaphor do you use to explain blogging? at Ian’s Messy Desk Blogging Metaphor–The Salad Bar Blog at Word Sell My blog is a smorgasbord, come and eat… at Juggling Frogs Feeding on Plankton at krooz My Preferred Metaphor for Business Blogging at Business and Blogging 10 reasons why blogging is like dating” at Romance Tracker Equestrian Ecstasy - Portal to another Reality at INNside Innkeeping in Montana B

EXT. GARDEN OF EDEN. DAY.Adam is busily scribbling on a piece of paper with a pencil when God quietly walks up beside him.God: Hey Adam, what's up?Adam: Oh, uh... hey, there, God. I was just, you know, coming up with some more animal names.God: I thought you named all the animals already.Adam: The Mediterranean animals, yeah. But I figure that you've got a lot of animals in other climates that still need names.God: What's a 'polar bear'?Adam: Geez, I don't know. A bear that like poles? You don't have to use it if you don't want.God: No, no, it's a good name. I'll come up with something. Ooh, I like this one. Kangaroo. Sounds like something you could put in your pocket. Speaking of which, I noticed you're wearing trousers stitched together from leaves.Adam: Oh, that. Yeah, I was feeling a little self-conscious with all my, you know, parts hanging out.God: Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?Adam: Ummmm... Actually that was the woman.God: The woman?

Apt Visual metaphors for describing my inner psyche at this point in the semester:Having bit off more than I can chew...Loaded on more than I can carry...Hanging on for dear life after failing to realize that the hebrew monster had taken the form of a stork...This is me trying to persevere to the end!

By TRACEY SMITHJustaTrace.net(Insert great opening line here.)As we speak it's early Saturday evening, and I've been put in charge of a skillet of Stroganoff Hamburger Helper.I'm also waiting for it to snow. According to The Weather Channel, I should be prepared to go and stand outside precisely at 7:00 PM to carefully monitor it.Between the Hamburger Helper, contingency plans for a possible blizzard, and writing this column, I'm juggling nearly three chainsaws at once.But, that's just the kind of guy I am... The faint of heart need not stroll my way.(Spit.)Good friend Jeremy was in town last night and we actually had a great time. We did the usual Man Stuff--like sitting out on my driveway (in a car, stupid) until 3:00 AM, drinking beverages and merely joking around about throwing our empties over in the Bad Neighbor's yard across the street.Jeremy was concerned that I may have been abducted by aliens (repeatedly) in the past--and I was concerned that he was concerned.(Hold on a

Review "Healing Stories is a rare text: at once delightful to read, lively, informative, practical and reassuring. Burns' confidence in the curative power of metaphor bursts forth from the pages, demystifying the art of telling a good story in the process. Here are wonderful tales we can tell kids, they can tell us, and we can coauthor with them. Burns takes us through all the steps involved