I’ve Lost my Mind

Observation: a family of four sits down at a restaurant for an evening meal. Before the ice water comes, all the diners have whipped out their cell phones or their tablets. An exchange of words is required in placing the...

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Innuendo

Such a lovely word; it just rolls off the tongue. It sounds Spanish or Italian. Imagine walking into Gino’s restaurant and telling the waiter, “I’ll have the innuendo on angel hair with two meatballs.” Interesting...

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Hyperbole

Hyperbole is the words and phrases used in exaggeration, and not meant to be taken literally or seriously. Or are they? Visual hyperbole is especially rampant in TV commercials for new automobiles; these cars can appear to fly...

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Home Alone?

When the English poet John Donne opined that “no man is an island”, he obviously had not seen the future. A future filled with a myriad of electronic devices designed to keep us connected, while at the same time creating a...

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How Great Thou Art?

It’s been established that cavemen drew on the walls of their domiciles. The subject of these etchings would be a major mastodon kill; using spears and slingshots, to establish bragging rights, about who brought home the...

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Higher Education

Al Gore was right! Computers are the answer! After meeting with my Mensa group, I am pleased to reveal the future of higher education, starting in 2020. COMPUTERS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS! ; from the sum of 2+2, apple pie squared...

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Categories

I would’ve been a lousy caveman. I neither hunt nor fish, and I’m not too keen about going outdoors during extreme periods of cold and heat. I’m perfectly willing to stay in the cave, and keep the fire going, sharpen the...

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Global Trashing

(The Last Straw) The Mayor of New York City recently placed a ban on plastic drinking straws. A ban that was futile legislation at best, and only a tiny token against the ever-increasing battle against waste plastics. A...

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Musings

In high-rise office buildings all over America, the daily frustration of passing a coworker in the office corridors over and over again starts anew. Fred and Bill, who also carpool to the office, have already hashed over the...

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