It’s not surprising to regular readers of this blog that I’m starting out this post with a definition of “surprising.”

It’s surprising to me how limited that definition is, so here is a definition of “surprise”:

The bell-ringing part of that definition is surprising to me — who knew bell-ringing has its own nomenclature?
It’s surprising to me how insecure I can be about whether I’m using the right word, like “nomenclature.”

Phew! I was surprisingly accurate.
All of these things are surprising to me, here and now:
- Using three definitions in one blog post (a personal record for me),
- The people who are testifying against Trump in the hearings about the January 6 USA insurrection,
- How many people are not using the word “insurrection,”
- How people seem so sure that the Republicans are going to take the House and/or the Senate in the November 2022 midterm elections, and
- That people here are so appreciative of the photos and images I share.
Do you see anything surprising in today’s images?































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There’s often something surprising in the list of National Days, don’t you think?
This is the first thing that comes up on YouTube when I search for “surprising”:
I wonder what will be surprising in the comments section, below.
Surprising thanks to all my surprising readers, including YOU!


