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Dither: to act irresolutely; vacillate.

July 9, 2010

The word dither is used in its verb form, dithering … as in “dithering around.“  It usually means that the person is not accomplishing anything, but is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. In the form I have chosen to pursue it,  to dither, the word signifies the act of vacillating, unable to [...]

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SMALL PEOPLE: he didn’t mean those with dysplasia

June 17, 2010

When BP executive Carl Henrie Svanberg referred to the people of the Gulf Coast who have been damaged by the oil spill, he called them “the small people.”  That is a term usually used to refer to people who have been born with dysplasia, a condition commonly known as dwarfism. The term Small People (or [...]

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CONUNDRUM: A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma

June 10, 2010

Conundrum is a word usually employed with a humorous side to it.  It is a puzzle, like those we struggled with in Philosophy 101.
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and there is no one present, is there a sound?

The answer is not something [...]

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OIL SPILL: my take on it at this point

June 2, 2010

(NOTE: I had prepared another post for today.  It was clever, entertaining, and current.  But a restless night drove me back to the computer this morning.  I eliminated the post, which I will save for another day.  This is one of those times when I am following my “gut” rather than sticking to [...]

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