I’ll handle this typo delicately. No, wait. “Handle” probably isn’t a good verb to use under the circumstances. What I mean is that I’ll use a light touch when …
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Specious vs. spacious and the case of the plausible rooms
The world of real estate often requires a guidebook to make sense of its vocabulary. For instance, a “fixer-upper” means a house you’ll spend the rest of your life repairing.
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Poor Denise. Poor dependable, compassionate, positive, respectful Denise. She agreed to have her picture appear in this ad. She was such a good sport. Someone who wasn’t as dependable handled
Continue reading »An incumbent recumbent, riding toward re-election
Elections often draw unusual write-in candidates. Strike that. Elections always draw unusual candidates, but the write-ins are sometimes the most unusual. Strike that again. Elections always draw unusual candidates, but
Continue reading »I may be infected, but I’m still not clicking
A website I visited this morning served up this gem of an ad. The poor guy in the pictures looks like he has rabies, though he may have just eaten
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