At long last! The blog challenge is drawing to a close. I hope you're as sad as I am. The A to Z challenge has given me an entire month's worth of blog post ideas. Now, I'll have to start thinking on my own again. But hey! For all of you new readers, I hope you like what's just around the corner. :)
Z is for: Zymurgy
Without zymurgy, I don't think the human race could possibly be what it is today. . . Seriously. Zymurgy is the branch of chemistry which deals with fermentation, as in beer-making, wine-making, the preparation of yeast, etc. You read correctly back there. There is a field of study about basically the science behind making beer and wine.
Quite frankly, I don't need to know the science behind zymurgy. But I sure am glad someone does. Because without it, we might not have Fat Tire (my favorite beer, for those of you who don't know). We may not have all the varieties of wines that we do. For that matter, we may not ever have all of the yeast . . . um . . . I mean . . . hmmm . . . forget the yeast part. Yay for beer and wine!
Have a great weekend everyone! :)
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Blog Challenge "Y"
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have a great weekend.
Y is for: Yex
A yex is a hiccough. Easy enough, right? (Well, easier than the last word.) I often wonder why we have so many different words for the same things in English. I can never come up with a solid answer, either. Even more so, I wonder why when we have two names for something, we don't always use the cooler of them. Nobody knows "yex," but everyone and their dog knows "hiccough" and how to cure it.
Am I the only one who thinks yex is cooler? :)
Y is for: Yex
A yex is a hiccough. Easy enough, right? (Well, easier than the last word.) I often wonder why we have so many different words for the same things in English. I can never come up with a solid answer, either. Even more so, I wonder why when we have two names for something, we don't always use the cooler of them. Nobody knows "yex," but everyone and their dog knows "hiccough" and how to cure it.
Am I the only one who thinks yex is cooler? :)
Blog Challenge "X"
It was my birthday yesterday, so I never got around to posting about the letter X. So I'm posting about X now, and then Y a little later today. No biggie, right? :)
X is for: Xylopyrography
I'll tell you what xylopyrography is and what it is not. It is not the act of setting fire to xylophones. (I know. Disappointing. . . ) Xylopyrography is a fancy word for wood burning. It originated as making larger scale art with an actual hot poker, but it has evolved into the smaller, more practical version of wood burning you see today.
X is for: Xylopyrography
I'll tell you what xylopyrography is and what it is not. It is not the act of setting fire to xylophones. (I know. Disappointing. . . ) Xylopyrography is a fancy word for wood burning. It originated as making larger scale art with an actual hot poker, but it has evolved into the smaller, more practical version of wood burning you see today.
