I’ve Been Everywhere, Man, I’ve Been Everywhere.

July 17, 2011

Facebook gets me giggling sometimes because I have some extremely hilarious friends. One of them is Catherine Crowley, a marvelous storyteller/educator who was born to be a comedian. She loves wordplay, which is my favorite kind of humor. Lately she posted a few lines that she stole from someone, so I stole them from her: [...]

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There Is A Word For That

August 2, 2010

The last few days have been a whirlwind of activity as we prepare for our son’s impending looming upcoming wedding. “Impending” and “looming” didn’t sound quite right, for they both imply that the wedding “hovers threateningly.” It pays to consult a dictionary now and then so that you can find the proper word. There is [...]

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Titillation Part Two

January 21, 2010

At my age, I’ve decided that life is too short to read books I don’t enjoy. A book has to titillate me in the first chapter, or I’ll close it and walk away. Now, I defined “titillate” in Part One, so stop tittering about it. I simply mean that a book has to excite my [...]

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Titillation: Part One

January 20, 2010

Hey, stop it! “Titillate” is a perfectly fine verb meaning “to excite another, especially in a superficial, pleasurable manner.” Though it can be used in an erotic sense, that isn’t the intent of the word. But, if you want to see a group of adults collapse into a paroxysm of nervous giggling … “tittering,” if [...]

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The Power Of The Expletive

June 2, 2007

Have y’all seen that movie “The Christmas Story?” Around our house, it’s a tradition not to be missed. My husband and my stepsons can quote it verbatim, because they have seen it so many times. I never fail to laugh at Ralphie’s antics as he tries to get his Red Ryder bb gun for Christmas; [...]

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