What do you call an idea so big you can’t get your head around it? “Mind-boggling” comes to . . . uh, mind. Unless you’re a (mildly) dyslexic blogger; then the term would be “mind-blogging.” 🙂Read More
Long Live the (Hypertext) Link! If you write, I dunno . . a couple thousand words a month (a week?) on your blog, you’re naturally attuned to subtle shifts in the style and usage of the English language. Like . . . no one underlines anymore, because it’s confused for a hypertext link. See what I mean? What does...Read More
Ahhh, So THAT’s What They Are If you’re joining the story “already in progress,” as it were, here’s what you missed: Goldman Sachs exec Greg Smith — heretofore officially referred to by Goldman defenders as “‘junior’ Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith,” “peon” Greg Smith, or the like — resigned in a blaze of glory on the Op-Ed...Read More
Blog Bartering Thanks to Sunrise Cyclery at Bryant and Lake Street in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. First for being open at 10:15 a.m. this morning (all the other Uptown bike shops apparently open at noon on Sunday); and second, for adjusting my 9 year-old son’s bike at no charge. Hey guys, how about a free plug instead? ...Read More
“Gee, That’s So Nice of You!” It wasn’t Minnesota Nice that prompted me to repeatedly yield the right of way on the single file path up (and down) Camelback Mountain this morning. I had no choice — I needed all those breaks to catch my breath! I ultimately made it half-way, which I consider a...Read More
Answer:Â “told riches.” Somebody has to carry on George Carlin’s tradition of poking around in the English language’s idiosyncracies and peccadilloes. For more in this vein, see “What’s the Past Tense of Sight See?”; “Landmark ” or Watermark?”; “Dried vs. MORE Dried Apricots“; and “wild and crazy” (vs. conventional) fruit.Read More
