The joy and pain of words
There are 5 words that every man wants to hear from his partner. If and when you hear these words, you will immediately know you are with your soul mate. Rather than keep you waiting, […]
There are 5 words that every man wants to hear from his partner. If and when you hear these words, you will immediately know you are with your soul mate. Rather than keep you waiting, […]
The Internet is up in arms over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PIPA. PIPA is actually an acronym and abbreviation within an abbreviation: the PROTECT IP Act — or the Preventing Real Online […]
While I was writing a statement denouncing SOPA/PIPA I realized I was humming a Justin Bieber tune that was stuck in my head. My thoughts, “Could I be sued by him or would he be […]
Although Little Dill Y is only 6, he’s already fed up with ‘the man’ telling him what to do. In class, he has to ask his teacher’s permission before he lectures his fellow students on […]
Proof that entertaining with whine pays off…. 1. The Real Housewives of Pick-A-City: Whine, wine, and more whine. 2. Everybody Loves Raymond: That voice! Those parents! Whine and jams. 3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: […]
There’s a new commercial promoting Shaquille O’Neal’s addition as a commentator on the NBA on TNT. He throws a free throw, and of course, misses. The ball bounces off the rim, hits a crew member on […]
I hate taking showers now. Not because I am an unhygienic bastard. Au contraire…I can’t stand going for more than 9 hours without a fresh wash down. It’s just that looking at my wet hair […]
My sisters, brother and I held a surprise 80th birthday party for my mom. Usually, I never think it’s a good idea to jump out and shock an 80-year-old, but Fran is not a typical […]
For a linguist like myself, one of the most revealing–and often most humorous–aspects of any language are those little idiosyncratic aberrations referred to as adages, aphorisms, and idioms*. I’m sure you know what I’m referring […]
Cat: 1. walking ego with an attitude problem; 2. alien that took over Earth millennia ago (from “Definitions You Won’t Find in any Webster’s New World Dictionary,” http://www.opusforfour.com/definitions.html ) Before I go any further, I […]