23 Jan 2012 You are Welcome
At one time the standard response to expressions of gratitude was “You’re welcome.” This seems to have gone out of favor. Like many good, plain words and phrases, this...
16 Jan 2012 Friend or Frog?
Agnes suffered a reprimand from her boss. Angry and embarrassed, she spent her lunch date with Lonnie blasting her unfair, unreasonable, mean, and spiteful boss. Lonnie felt her pain, encouraged...
09 Jan 2012 No Trust in Trash Talk
Your aunt is coming to town and you’d like to take her to dinner. You have 2 restaurants in mind so you ask a friend what he knows about them....
02 Jan 2012 New Words for the New Year
Vocabulary improvement might not be one of the favorites of the New Year Resolution crowd, but for those who like words maybe it should be. Like money management and weight...
19 Dec 2011 Now Playing: The Holiday Show
The Holiday Grinch concedes that while Purchasing and Acquiring seem to be the stars of the show this month, there are other roles in the play which are worth noting,...
12 Dec 2011 Toward Precision
“That was really something!” I said recently. My friend asked if I could expand on “something” so she’d know what I meant. In line at Starbucks one fellow asked his friend...