Today is the last day of the May blogathon, and it happens to coincide with Corny Cliche Saturday. How appropo.
But don’t think of this as the end. It’s really the start of something new.
We may never pass this way again, but today is the first day of the rest of our lives.
‘Tis better to have [...]
The early bird gets the worm.
Which is why I encourage worms everywhere to sleep in.
Thanks to Plaidearthworm for the cliché of the day. In the comments over at Mama Needs A Book Contract, she rewrote the famous cliché “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
Her version?
A tool in the hand is worth two on EBay.
(There’s a joke in there that I’m not even going to make. Whether [...]
Like: “Enjoy them while they’re at this age. They grow up so fast.”
And: “On your deathbed you probably won’t say, ‘If only I had spent more time at work.’”
The overuse of these sentiments dulls the effect of an otherwise penetrating truth: carpe’ diem. (Sorry, couldn’t resist one more cliche’.) But they became overused because a whole bunch [...]