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Don’t Call It Shirley
There’s a great scene in the movie Airplane! where Dr Rumack (played by Leslie Nielsen) is approached by Ted Striker, a former fighter pilot who must…
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Galluping Away With Data
Prior to the 1890 census, there was an overwhelming amount of basic information about tens of millions of Americans that had to be sorted every ten…
Jul 13
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Tokens for Tokens
This is all and everything a token is to me.
Jul 12
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It's Like, "Like"
English is, like, a moving target.
Jul 11
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Voluntary Pay Week
“Voluntary pay week” sounds like something out of a dystopian novel set in the near future.
Jul 10
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Slippery Slopes
Surveillance is a slippery slope.
Jul 9
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Indexing
Point your index finger at someone, and you’re indicating something about them.
Jul 8
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Rabies!
It was probably Old Yeller that first turned me onto rabies.
Jul 7
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“Debacle”
I’m not sure when the first time I heard the word debacle was, but I remember the first time I zeroed in on what the meaning could be.
Jul 6
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Ferris’s Wheel
Pleasure wheels were nothing new in 1893, but this one was something else.
Jul 5
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Andrew Smith
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My Michelles
Michelle, ma belle
Jul 4
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The Middle Finger
You’re driving behind someone who keeps on tapping their brakes on purpose.
Jul 3
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