Copyright – Marie Gail Stratford
The Modern Thinkers Conference convenes, and as participants from around the globe take their seats they hear gunshots in the distance.
“What we are witnessing with these continual outbreaks of violence are organisms that are unable to adapt to their environment,” says the conference leader. “We need to get creative.”
Someone in the back speaks up. “So, what you are saying is that as technology advances, our chance of survival against threats from within our own species will require not only critical thinking but creativity.”
“Yes, exactly, creativity is vital for future survival.”
“Such as?”
“Personalizing our workspaces, of course.”
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I must confess that lately it seems there is so much talk without substance going on in the world that I am beginning to see the appeal of earbudding through life. Yes, I verbalated a noun. Yes, I created a new term for turning a noun into a verb. Verbalated. Spread it around. Okay, now that I’ve gotten my creative fix for the week, I’ve got to get my study on. Creativity abounds as Friday Fictioneers share their stories. You can check out what they are up to here. Thanks for reading.
Honie Briggs 
You nailed this one perfectly, Honie. The complete lack of meaning in the dialogue, while saying it all, is brilliant!
Love the new gravatar photo! Now… back to the books. 😉
Hi Honie, Love the new vocab – should be in the dictionary.
It probably will be, next to Walkman and HiFi, one day when we’ve all been chipped and no longer need electronic devices. HA!
You do know how to turn a phrase. I love the concept of “earbudding” and caution the novices on the need to “swivel” often (turn the head both ways and scan for danger).
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It’s my own fault, really. I put a note in my calendar to remind me everyday to listen more. Boy, what a mistake THAT was. I’ve heard enough crazy talk. Seriously.
Perhaps you need to exchange those earbuds for dowel rods and go on about your merry way? Thanks for being yourself and sharing with us.
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“Earbudding for life.” I want that to be my new motto!
It’s all yours, Mr. Petruska. Free of charge.
Verbalated…I like that
It is your kind of word, isn’t it? How is the word business these days?
Un- verbalating
I struggled to get my head around this one Honie. Gun violence and workspaces just seem poles apart.
I think we all struggle to get our heads around it.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
I’m done.
Randy
Exactly.
I’m going to put some dots on my mouse and paint the walls blue, then all my problems are solved. Fun story.
Go ahead, get your Martha on!
yes, exactly. My space is so personalized you wouldn’t know it as a workspace.
My workspace looks like a printer exploded. And then some squirrels got loose.
In a world where only the creative survive….
You’ll be the last woman standing.
I like the verbalation. I am sure it would come in useful in the future. When I tried to think of examples, I realised we already do it a lot. We soap our bodies, pencil in changes, curtain rooms. I could maybe slipper across the floor or bread my plate.
Yes, and you could deck the halls and book a party.
Somehow I think we need more Modern Thinkers Conferences. Heck with your two new words you could be the moderator at all said conferences.
Well, mutually assured destruction can only get us so far. So, sure, we need some modern thinkers to work out how we can walk back thousands of years of violence in the name of progress. I might not be the best choice for moderator, but I’d certainly like to be in attendance the day that conference convenes.
Verbalated? Love it. Chair=chaired, table=tabled, bed=bedded, …that’s actually pretty amazing.
Ed makes all the difference, doesn’t it? HA
Ed does. 😀
I thought we could only verbalate with dirty words like the F-bomb or sh*t, but now you’ve created open season on all nouns. I love it! 🙂
One of those, Russell, I believe you have done what is called asteriskated. As for the other one, well, that one is what is known as just plain effedupation. 🙂
Verbulate.. Love it.. And I think I’ve used it a few times, and I’m all for personalized workspaces, but alas we have free seating,
Free seating, indeed. There is no safe seat at the feast. This, I am sure, is as it always has been. And sadly, I don’t see human evolution as a progression toward such a thing as world peace.
As Lyle said, two new words, I like them. We should find more…
Talk without substance just about sums things up globally at the moment, well done Honie.
Bloody rebellion isn’t exactly a new concept, is it? As I read more and more about past conflicts and the amount of work it eventually took to halt the violence in one area only to have it erupt somewhere else, it becomes clear that leaders are still not communicating effectively to find lasting solutions to the global crisis of violence at the local level. But hey, lets redecorate something.
Two new words I learned today and I like them both! Though I expect I might use earbudding more often. You must get WordPress to add them to their spell checker.
Yes, I suspect earbudding would come up in conversation more than verbalated. Unless, of course, there is some debate in the future about who invented verbalating, and you can say that you know for a fact who the first person was to verbalate earbud. Yeah, I can see that coming in handy.
Yes, get out of the drab and into the fab!
Dear StepHonie,
It’s nice to see that someone’s thinking out there. I’ll be personalizing my work space this afternoon. My troubles are over. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
Dear Fearless Leader,
Get that color wheel out and make some history!! 😉
Fashionably Yours,
Honie