Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wrong word

A TALKING HEAD ON TV was just saying that a change in location often enervates you. It's a cool word, but it doesn't mean what he thinks. He was looking for energize, as in the bunny. A person often gets energized by a change of scenery. Enervate means "to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of."


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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

A body headline...

I JUST FOUND this headline on NYTimes.com: Steelers' Colon May Miss Season With Achilles Injury. That sounds like two body parts, not a person (tackle Willie Colon).

Instead of using the name in the headline, they probably should have said Steelers' Tackle May Miss Season With Achilles Injury.



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(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

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