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sacofricosis

February 9, 2016February 6, 2016 by L@L

An op-ed piece crossed my screen today that contained an interesting word to inaugurate this posting category. The word is sacofricosis which was used thusly: …Putting caraway seeds in white bread doesn’t make it a good rye any more than putting apple juice in rubbing alcohol makes it a good scotch. It may look like it, … Read more

Reality bites-updated

August 18, 2018February 1, 2016 by L@L

This site was not up and running last year as planned, but if it had been, the present presidential sweepstakes would have been handicapped at that time. There would have been a clear prognostication that the reality distortion field bubble around Trump’s poll numbers would burst once phone polling was replaced by actual polling and the vetting process became real and consequential. I would have stated he had a snowball’s chance in hell, and that I had at least equal odds of winning it all…still do.

Hitting the post

August 18, 2018January 31, 2016 by L@L

Sometimes I have to keep reminding myself that the purpose of that classic rock station in NYC (and all commercial radio stations) is to make money. Music is secondary, if not even lower, on the list of priorities.

Left-turns

August 18, 2018January 30, 2016 by L@L

Perhaps only my steering wheel is capable of making more than a quarter turn. Perhaps many drivers have serious range-of-motion issues with their arms and are incapable of turning theirs any further. I don’t want to come across as picking on the genuinely physically handicapped, but this situation has reached epidemic proportions.

English spoken here

February 12, 2017January 30, 2016 by L@L

I went to the local AT&T store to buy a new phone. Upon entry I was greeted—in Spanish—by one of the several employees, all of whom looked to be Hispanic. This was not a unique event. A few months back the doorbell rang. When I opened the door the person standing there was soliciting for something and began talking to me in Spanish.