07 Nov 2012 Voting!
Voting is a happy event all by itself, but voting in the post-hurricane environment of New York this year was an exceptionally exhilarating experience. Many of our usual voting locations (schools)...
29 Oct 2012 Boo!
Halloween approaches and scary things appear, not the least of which is scary holiday language. By scary I mean language that intends to frighten. Altho The Language Grinch is not opposed...
22 Oct 2012 October
The phrase “October’s bright blue weather” is used in one my favorite children’s books, The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes. This is a book about a poor little girl named...
15 Oct 2012 When the Boss is the Bully
“What were you thinking?! You knew we needed this report to be filed! I told you a million times how important this is. Don’t you listen to anything I say!...
08 Oct 2012 The Solo Conversationalist
Basil and Rose have just met and are having coffee together, presumably to get to know one another. Perhaps they are coworkers who have recently been put on the same...
24 Sep 2012 Good, Better, Best
Two things to think about today: favorite words, and hyperbole. Do you have a favorite word? It is probably the word you use to describe things you like, or want, or...