Posts by Early To Rise

“Raillery” (RAY-luh-ree) – from the French for “to mock” – is good-natured banter or teasing.

The imminent end of the world has been predicted… well, probably since the first humans set foot on the planet. The date now in vogue with some New Age types is December 12, 2012. This coincides with the end of the current cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar, and also marks the day when the sun will be aligned with the exact center of the Milky Way galaxy for the first time in 26,000 years.

Do boomerangs work in low gravity?

So you can’t find your cellphone. No problem. You just pick up another phone and call it so you can listen for the ring. (Ah-hah! It was wedged between two cushions on the couch!) But what if there is no other phone where you’re at? A new service, PhoneMyPhone.com, is there to help. Go to…

The expression “small beer” – derived from a name for beer with very little alcohol content – refers to something that’s insignificant.

Something that’s “syncretic” (sin-KRET-ik) unites and blends together different systems (e.g., philosophical, moral, or religious).

Building a new subway line is difficult, expensive work. Imagine how much more difficult and expensive it gets if you have to constantly stop construction so archaeologists can study the ancient remains you’ve dug up.

Here are two “breads” you don’t want to order by mistake…

To “redound” (rih-DOWND) is to have a consequence or effect. The word is derived from the Latin for “to be in abundance or excess.”