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We are not Sucking Aliens

Posted on May 16, 2010 by nowandthenadays

The Statesman this week reported that Speaker Straus had suggested some unsavory solutions to reducing  the state budget shortfall.  Two of the unsavory solutions (at least to me) include unpaid work furloughs and four-day work weeks for state employees.   Personally, … Continue reading →

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Where Everyone Knows Your Name

Posted on May 8, 2010 by nowandthenadays

Okay, I know that there are folks who hear “high school reunion” and think, “I’d rather have a colonoscopy.”   I am just not one of them.  The reality is that our memories make us unique among beings in the animal kingdom … Continue reading →

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Absolutely in the Rearview Mirror

Posted on May 1, 2010 by nowandthenadays

Here’s a new award for you:  Jeffee’s Excellent English Speaker (s)Hero  (“JEESH”) award.   Although it’s pretty clear what it takes to win this award (unlike an Oscar, for example) but to give you an idea of bad word use that … Continue reading →

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Me No Alamo

Posted on April 24, 2010 by nowandthenadays

Thanks to the Texas Leg, April 21st is a state holiday for its employees, albeit one in which “skeletons” are required at offices to provide bare bone coverage of functions.  Instead of some Okie from Muskogie wondering why no one … Continue reading →

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When Mad Men Mooed

Posted on April 19, 2010 by nowandthenadays

“Language is among the most durable links we have with the people of earlier times, despite the fact that words continue to disappear for any number of reasons,” says Jeffrey Kacirk in his introduction to Forgotten English. Hence, a love … Continue reading →

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My Love Affair with Fitzgerald

Posted on April 12, 2010 by nowandthenadays

My last post ended with a quote from Faulkner’s Requiem for a Nun and a few people told me, as if it were responsive to that entry, that they really didn’t like Faulkner.  That’s fine with me. I’ve enjoyed two … Continue reading →

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My Word!!!

Posted on April 6, 2010 by nowandthenadays

Yes, “thenadays” sounds a bit odd.  It struck my eye among a list of words for “past” at thesaurus.com.  I probably visit the thesaurus website as much as I do Chicos (a woman’s clothing store), since I spend a lot … Continue reading →

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