A to Z Survivor Reflections

It's almost shameful to post this unique badge on my page. I say so because it was easy for me to make 26 alphabetical posts during April. I kept it simple not wanting to stress about it. Even if my original intention was to write more, it turned out that I merely made a presence on the blog each day. If nothing else, I consider it a success just because it's possible the downward slide in number of annual posts might creep back up the other direction. We shall see. Thanks A to Z for making it easy to stick with the challenge and thanks to all who happened on this blog.

Z is for ZZZZZs

Continuing the education tidbit from yesterday, here's another new one ZETTABYTE
1 ZB = 1000000000000000000000bytes = 1000⁷bytes = 10²¹bytes = 1000exabytes  





and so the "bit" goes on.

Perhaps it is the wishes of certain family members to see the end of this A to Z challenge.

• Big Brother might have been a bit ZEALOUS in suggesting I skip to ZEST-FUL about 20 letters back.
• Little J comments with a Scooby Doo  ZOINK.
• I'm pretty sure hubby would choose ZAFTIG for discussion.

Interesting enough, the Webster Reference Dictionary on my desk contains only of these Z words. Merriam-Webster on my iPhone scores three out of five.

Next year I'm looking for a new dictionary.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Y is for YOTTABYTE

My alphabet words are too mundane. Not enough character. With only two days left I figured I should take the opportunity to learn something new. So here it is. YOTTABYTE according to Wikipedia:
 1 YB = 1000000000000000000000000bytes = 1000⁸bytes = 10²⁴bytes = 1000zettabytes.

Witt Bits is a mere drop in the big scheme of bytes or bits or whatever you want to call them. Nibble on that one for a while.

X is for Christ as in XMAS

Way back in the year 2004 I posted a couple of Christmas rants. Warning - This could be offensive to some - but its all fun addresses the issue of taking color out of Christmas. The topic is obvious in Who Took the Carols out of Christmas.

Now what about XMAS?  It didn't used to bother me but as I get older I find myself almost feeling guilty using the shortened version. I profess to being far from the perfect Christian as I struggle with a weekly dose of Sunday faith but somehow it just doesn't seem right to write XMAS anymore.

Enough said.  Got to get a letter off to my son, Xopher.

W is for WIT

Years ago at the beginning of this blog, I chose the Dorothy Parker quote as part of my header, partially because I am a huge fan. Thinking perhaps it might be time for an update I searched for some more WIT quotes. There were more than 100 quotes about WIT on BrainyQuotes and Dorothy Parker was not in the mix. Looking back at the length of most of my posts, perhaps this one better describes my blog:

 

BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT

William Shakespeare

 





I'm staying with Dorothy... for now.

V is for VOLUMPTUOUS

Ya dat is tha weigh U spel it. It must be tha way U spel it cuz datz tha way hubby sez it and I'm stickin wit it.  Do I stil git kredit for da V word?

voluMptuous

 

U is for UNPLUGGED

We had another CATastrophe at our house last night while I was out line dancing. Came home to find my TV face down on the bedroom floor. Which one looks the guiltiest? And how long do you think I'll stay mad? Long enough to save up for the 2nd TV I must purchase within one year. The last one plummeted to the floor when the closet door hinge broke off. Guess I should have bought that insurance.

Maybe there's a message in this. Time to get UNPLUGGED? 

 Oh well, time to...

read

walk

write

clean house

bake cookies

do laundry

shop

feed the cats

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