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  • "ISSUES:" Have you ever heard someone say they have "issues" about something? or that they have "issues" with someone? I've heard that or read it any number of times, and each time there's a little red flag that goes o…
  • IF YOU CAN AVOID IT, TRY NOT TO BECOME A VERB: I was just reading an article about the failed nomination of Judge Robert Bork when the Reagan administration tried to get him appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Since t…
  • NUANCE OR CLARITY: "Clarity in expressing rights is as essential to the preservation of freedom as nuance is a threat to it." -Laserlawyer (Copyright 2004) "Nah, feel free to use it.
  • "DEVOTIONAL" SURPRISE OF THE DAY: First of all, just for the record, I hate the term "devotions." As in, "I did my devotions." We Christians use that term the same way we talk about "doing" the dishes, or any other …
  • "FROM THE KENTUCKY COAL MINES, TO THE CALIFORNIA SUN . . . " (from "Me and Bobby McGee" written by Gordon Lightfoot, who is one of the best) Well, we're going to Kentucky today -- if the car doesn't die on the way. I…
  • Here are several things people say that bug me (but not as much as if they had a problem with me and wouldn't tell me -- see my quiz): Irregardless (If its "ir-regard-less, then it's with regard, which is not what yo…

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