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Christmas Grammar Grouch

Posted on December 9, 2011 by ehurst

I really don’t have any great words of wisdom, nor any diseased mutterings to share. Instead, I’m going to grouse about some things which have made me grouchy regarding the decline in precise grammar. But first, a factoid: You know … Continue reading →

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That Eternal Debate

Posted on November 23, 2011 by ehurst

To eat when it’s ready or wait for the appointed guests? (Danger: There’s a little sarcasm mixed in this recipe.) Kids and menfolk agree you don’t wait. Women seem to be downright hateful about making everyone wait, muttering darkly about … Continue reading →

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Can't Always Be a Cool Alpha

Posted on November 18, 2011 by ehurst

Don’t be too simplistic. In several posts I’ve advised folks to use Game as a means to operating in social situations, simply because that’s a reflection of basic human nature. It applies most of all when you find yourself in … Continue reading →

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What's Shaking? Oklahoma Edition

Posted on November 6, 2011 by ehurst

Here in central Oklahoma, we are down at the southern tip of the Humboldt Fault. I know a little about seismology. It became a childhood fascination after we moved to Anchorage, Alaska just a year following the Bad Friday Earthquake … Continue reading →

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If I Could, I Would

Posted on November 5, 2011 by ehurst

Yep, if I had as much money as he does: [Ventura] vowed to apply for Mexican citizenship so he can live there more months of the year…. “I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my … Continue reading →

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My Dream Job

Posted on October 23, 2011 by ehurst

This is more about me than you might want to know, but if I don’t post it somewhere, it isn’t likely to happen. I dream of being a personal assistant. For several years I served as a part time personal … Continue reading →

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Radical Stability

Posted on October 6, 2011 by ehurst

radical (Latin: radix) The root, pertaining to the source or foundation of things; a political position which advocates removing everything and starting over. The word is typically used as an adjective suggesting dramatic and wholesale change in the current situation, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic

Posted on July 17, 2011 by ehurst

The famous tagline from the Douglas Adams’ fiction series is good advice. I felt it coming on Friday evening, those old sinus allergy symptoms. Not enough to kill normal activities, but enough to make me marginally miserable. The last tomato … Continue reading →

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No Predictions for New Year

Posted on December 31, 2010 by ehurst

It is a good day to die. My dearly departed friend, Marion Brooks, and I shared that greeting often. After some 80 years, he was not yet finished with his life plans, and he considered his fatal condition a temporary … Continue reading →

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The State of the Revolution

Posted on December 5, 2010 by ehurst

I am conducting a revolution. I’m not leading one, because I am not aware of anyone following me. I understand I am influencing a handful of folks, but I’m a revolutionary individual, not a revolutionary leader. That’s because the foundation … Continue reading →

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