Monthly Archives: March 2010

They used to call a woman of mixed blood, Pinkie. She could be a soft tan or white, but never pink Pink is a form of magenta, found on a billiard ball A woman of duplicitous origin has to be … Continue reading →

The use of euphemisms is most convenient when this subject is addressed. One might refer to a death as a passing. It is more direct to say so and so died. Some say. “Joe crossed the River Jordan last night.” … Continue reading →

Rough or Ruff: Tough or Tuff Do the English appreciate color more than Americans because they add the u to the spelling? Do they spell curb as kerb because they drive on the wrong side of the road? While we … Continue reading →

One day not to long ago, I was taking some visitors on a tour of Manhattan. While walking down Wall Street one of the visitors made note of a long, black limousine parked at the curb, when a man bolted … Continue reading →

Sometimes we come across a combination of words that have no relevance one to the others. Today I wrestled with the word combination of barnacle, unbounded love and pseudo. Why even bother with such a problem? There is a strong … Continue reading →

It’s fascinating to watch how hard some groups work to undo the efforts of others  that provides for the general good. These anti-everything groups seemed to  be motivated by specific belief he hsld by a minority of the citizens. These … Continue reading →

Being a Joe American or a Joe Six Pack, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle immediately comes to mind these days. When I was a boy it cost two dollars to have a tooth repaired, a dollar to have it pulled. My friend … Continue reading →

In America, men and March Madness are one and the same. Yesterday, my son-in-law invited me to have lunch at a sport’s bar nearby for the real purpose of watching one of the college basketball games scheduled in the NCAA … Continue reading →

The French playwright, Moliere, wrote a comic play exposing the way doctors take advantage of hypochondriacs. The main character, who is very rich, believes he is a sick man and wallows in his self-imposed plight. His doctor prescribes medicine for … Continue reading →

Why do I keep coming across notions every day that I have never heard of? Is there no end to the quest for knowledge? These discoveries definitely keep my ego in check, which has a tendency to over rate my … Continue reading →