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Just Goofin’ Around
Contemplating different forms of humour – jokes, sarcasm, puns, absurdisms, and elaborate pranks – and why we bother with them, anyway. Where are we going? As our car pulls away from the snowbird encampment, one of the short people … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversations, Word Play
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Not From Where You’re Standing
Communication – science, art form, or game? You be the judge. Tall — that’s what you notice first. Then his gait grabs you — he walks like a runway model. Head up and half smiling, sure of his right-of-way. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversations, Word Play
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An Ideal Begin
Given the impossibility of serving cake and ice cream online, what better way to celebrate a year of blogging than to blog about blogging itself? As a stranger to the blogosphere just 12 months ago, my biggest learning this past … Continue reading
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Being the 6th in a miscellany of short posts to mark the 12 days of Christmas Alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, hotel, India, Juliet, kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, papa, Quebec, Romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, x-ray, … Continue reading
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Being the 1st of a miscellany of short posts to mark the 12 days of Christmas. Wiki reports that ‘many sources’ believe the ‘partridge in a pear tree’ line in the 12 Days of Christmas to be a mistranscription or … Continue reading
R-O-E
I hesitate; she repeats the letters: R-O-E. My brain in overdrive, I shout, Return on equity reached on error rules of engagement. Gasping, I sit back and close my eyes. A telling pause precedes the doctor’s devastating pronouncement: You have … Continue reading
A Meilleur Mañana
Facing my inquisitor, I try to answer, but my throat closes, choking off the words. Skilled in interrogation techniques, he repeats his question. “Comment allez-vous?” Continue reading
Riding Comma Riding Comma
The Highwayman came riding comma riding comma riding comma The Highwayman came riding comma up to the old inn door period Sitting sideways on my twin bed, back literally against the wall, I follow along in a high school English … Continue reading
