If it’s unwitting, can it be suicide?
Technically, no. At least that was the argument a feisty* co-worker and I put forth last night when we got the first-edition edition papers and were looking through them for errors. “Unwitting suicide...
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I saw Monsters vs. Aliens tonight, because I am a sucker for overpriced kids’ movies in 3-D. And while, like Watchmen, it was gorgeous to behold but had a stupid, not very engaging story (*ducks to...
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Day 158: Hangover Demon
We all do battle sometimes. The Hangover was funny. Zach Galifianakis should be a household name and I want to shrink him and put him in my pocket and pull him out and pet him and have him make me...
View ArticleWords matter to other people, too!
Aunt B brought this to my attention just now: Philadelphia-based writer Tara Murtha pleads for some sense in the “rape” vs. “had sex with” debate. Here’s what I said on the same topic a little while...
View ArticleColloquially speaking
On the heels of a recent conversation about Southernisms and colloquialisms spurred by my usage of “gullywasher”… Manfred: I heard something like “gullywarsher” the other day: “Frog strangler.” Me: Oh...
View ArticleToddler talk
It’s such a weird thing to watch a child acquire language. When your child is in school full time, he’s picking up all sorts of stuff from teachers as well as the adorable little tykes he’s with all...
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