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“UP”.=A0 This two-letter word in = English has more meanings than any other two-letter word. It is listed = in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n]=A0 or [v]. =   It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky, = or at the top of the list. But…

Fourth of July weekend was here. Everyone was enjoying the = beautiful summer weather.  At Church on Sunday the pastor said he = was glad so many were in attendance but that he didn’t want to = keep them long.   "My = good  people,  I have here in my…

[A friend asked if I could find an old grif net = entry from 20+ years ago about lessons from my mother.  Not sure if = this is what she was asking for, but I smiled when I found them and = share them again with you.  BTW, if you…

Where do clich=E9s = come from? My grandfather always said, "You just do your job, = please the boss, everyone is happy and soon enough you’re riding the = gravy train."=A0 What is a gravy train? I didn’t know they were = actually hauling gravy by rail. Do people gather…

The Washington Post invited readers to take any = word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing = one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners: =   1. Intaxicaton (n.): Euphoria at getting a tax = refund, which lasts until you realize it…

I’ve never made a fortuneand it’s = probably too late now.But I don’t worry about that = much,I’m happy anyhow. And = as I go along life’s way,I’m reaping better than I = sowed.I’m drinking from my saucer,‘Cause my cup has = overflowed.    I = don’t have a lot…

Many loyal readers know that I’m nearly 6 feet, = 6 inches tall. ‘I’m just average height’, I always = joke.  A friend came up to me very angry.  He blasted = out, “You told me the secret of your being so tall was to rub = grease on your…

DO NOT wash your = hair in the shower.   It’s so good to finally get a health warning that is = useful. It concerns the shampoo from our hair that runs down the body = when you shower. I don’t know WHY I didn’t figure this out = sooner.…

There I was, sitting = in the diner at the end of the counter, just staring at my soda.=A0 I = hardly noticed the roar of a group of rowdy bikers pulling up in the = lot. That is until the large, trouble-maker leader of the group stepped = up…

[Each year the Post holds a NEOLOGISM contest, where contestants = are asked to make up “new meanings” for common = words.]   1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one = coughs.   2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have = gained.   3. Abdicate (v.),…

[Today, Teresa and I mark 47 years together in = marriage .=A0 I gathered some quotations to help us celebrate.=A0 A = couple lame ones are my own.] “A successful = marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same = person.”– Mignon McLaughlin   “Who is wise…

[Father’s Day is bitter-sweet. My dad passed in = the fall of 1999. I have no memory of “doing” anything = special any Father’s Day with my father as a teen or young adult. = Oh, I made him a card or such when I was a kid, but when…

Dad: It’s June and school’s = finally over. How do you like being a fourth grader = now? Son: I don’t think = it’s going to be much fun. Dad: = That’s too bad. Fourth Grade was the best three years of my = life!   ~~ Dad: = Son,…