Now I would have thought that the English word "salve" was tied directly back to Latin but it appears to have had a few stops along the way. etymonline.com gives the origin as "medicinal ointment or adhesive preparation for external use on wounds and sores," from the Old English sealf "healing ointment," from West Germanic *salbo- "oily substance". So... Continue Reading →
The Fall
I have an acquaintance, a guy from my secondary school, who was a super fan of the group The Fall. I've never been able to get into them, to be honest. It's a group like Pere Ubu, with a hardcore following of fans for music that never made the main stream. However if you didn't... Continue Reading →
Bird Talk
I once worked with this Polish sales lady who was always done up to the nines. (It was a direct marketing company whose product was English lessons. It could have been umbrellas for all they cared about teaching.) She wore high heels and form fitting jackets, a real mani-pedi lady. We were talking politics with... Continue Reading →
Perplexity
I ran this blog through an LLM (Perplexity, in this case, which is a souped up AI search engine) to see what it said about the blog, me, whatever. Perplexity.ai : forolavache.com is a small personal blog titled “Moove your cow, and your mind will follow,” featuring short reflective posts framed around a cute stuffed... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 