Puzzled about Common Expressions? Welcome to Our World
If you learned English as a second language, you are like unto a god to me. I think ours is one of the most perplexing languages in the galaxy, with its limitless supply of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and oxymorons. But what of our everyday expressions?
Read MoreCharisma: More Elusive than Bigfoot
I used to think that having charisma was equivalent to having good hair. This is because the first time I heard the word, when I was nine years old, it was used to describe a trait possessed by the newly elected President John F. Kennedy.
Read MoreIs There Residual Resentment for Lousy Residuals?
I received a residual check not long ago, issued when someone bought a copy of my most current book, “Don’t Cry for Me, Ardent Reader.”
Read MoreShould People Come with Sell-by Dates?
Why should “sell-by” dates apply only to food products? Why not acquaintances, terminology, celebrity and, of course, politicians? Let’s
Read MoreHere’s Some Good Advice: Get Some Good Advice
Most of us are familiar with the adage that it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Read MoreQuibbles & Bits: The March of Ides, A Siri of Unfortunate Events and Door-a the Explorer
IDES SAY-SO—Today’s March 15, the Ides of March. For those of you familiar with William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” you might find it hard to say, “the Ides of March” without prefacing it with the word “Beware.”
Read MoreDinner Parties, Assigned Seats and Lessons Learned
In an earlier iteration—that is, when I was younger but still the same basic specimen—I loved cooking for and hosting dinner parties at my prior home, which I modestly dubbed Goldmanor.
Read MoreHotels Have Vacancies—in Staffing
“Hotel owners have been on an epic hiring spree,” the Wall Street Journal reported a few days ago.
Read MoreQuibbles & Bits: Of Academy Awards and Prize Pigs
OSCAR MIRE—The Motion Picture Academy will present the Oscars on Sunday and, like others who haven’t seen any of the nominated films…
Read More25th Sacramento Jewish Film Festival Opens on Saturday
While “Less Than Kosher” would make a fine title for my autobiography, it’s actually the Toronto comedy that opens the 25th Sacramento Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m. this Saturday.
Read MoreCreate One of Your Own “Empty Offices” at Home!
“U.S. offices are emptier than at any point in at least four decades,” the Wall Street Journal reports, “reflecting years of overbuilding and shifting work habits that were accelerated by the pandemic.”
Read MoreSome Hot Primaries This Month! Here’s a Helpful Guide
While T.S. Eliot called April “the cruelest month”(a sentiment echoed by millions of tax-payers and tax-scofflaws each year), the Nobel Prize-winning poet clearly didn’t live to see the March Presidential primaries, which will be held his month in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas.
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