Growing Old, Gracefully.
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Confusing stuff
As I age, I continue to be confused by lots of stuff. Here are a few examples: Sherry and I clean the house best of all the day before our cleaning team comes in to clean our house. What sense does that make? I’m at a fancy eating place, and the waiter forgets to bring …
Between like and love
As the most self-proclaimed renowned wordsmith in North America, I felt the obligation to create a new word to meet the gap between the meaning of like and love. The word like can be thrown around with abandon. “I like peanut butter.” “I like my neighbor Wilbur because …
The War of 2026
Looking back now in 2040, we will never forget the importance of the War of 2026. The AI brain trust built huge armies on both coasts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Palo Alto, California, to take the place of the U.S. military forces. Then something went terribly wrong. …
Sentarse
My dogs pay no attention to me, so I figure it must be a language barrier. Although all four are Swiss shepherds, and German is the popular language, I flunked German in high school and squeezed by in Introductory Spanish because Señorita Klector (teacher) thought Tim …
Who’s your Mrs. Calabash?
If you are as aged as me, you might remember The Jimmy Durante Show. Jimmy would always end his comedy hour by shouting out, “And goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.” Pretend today that you have a popular television show. Who would your Mrs. Calabash be? I think we …