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Two Words to Delight or Disgust

On paper, the ultimatum “make my day,” as spoken by an incensed, gun-toting Clint Eastwood, is ho-hum unless proceeded by a paragraph or two of context. When the paragraph describes a man on his knee, begging his true love to “make his day” by accepting his hand in marriage, the ultimatum turns into an entreaty. […]

I Picked the Perfect Time to Go Technical

Last week, I was busily launching scribbles— creating a website, making a Facebook page, obtaining a Hotmail address, updating my profile information, and connecting communications. I’m not technically savvy. My skills are limited to pushing buttons, pulling down menus, randomly typing, and cursing until I get the desired result, give up or break the functionality. […]