It’s probably best that I set all my cards out on the table to begin with in regards to my feelings about vampires. My enthusiasm when it comes to the undead begins with a desire to slay them. Dead things should stay dead, in...
Read MoreI broke my smartphone, but not on purpose. Perhaps it should have been on purpose- as someone prone to the perils of workaholism, I had developed the tendency to check the thing far more than necessary. It wasn’t the...
Read MoreBeing at least partially, though unwillingly, a product of modernity, I somewhat understand the forced evolution of language. While the generations before us melted words over decades, following the natural flow of tribal...
Read MoreRecently, I was party to a debate that was attempting to discover the true definition of a particular word. Of course, one’s knee-jerk reaction might be to suggest to the debaters that they consult their friendly...
Read MoreA few years ago while working in marketing, I found myself briefly and casually engaged in conversation with a young woman who worked as a “trend forecaster.” Suspicious of such an obviously Orwellian job title, I...
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