Jim Starr's Blog
January 31, 2016
It Was Funny at One Time
One is no longer permitted to use the phrase “deja vu” by itself. It MUST be accompanied by “all over again.”
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January 8, 2016
They are So Cool …
Radio and TV announcers make it look totally easy to avoid saying something dull, like “thirty-two years.” Without missing a beat they will almost always say “more than three decades.”
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January 1, 2016
December 29, 2015
Please Don’t Say That
At the very pinnacle of American moronity is the phrase, used by football announcers, “take it to the house.”
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September 8, 2015
August 27, 2015
Down the Shore
I don’t recall how the subject came up, but recently, while sitting on the beach in beautiful Ocean City NJ, my daughter Amy said to me, “nobody not from New Jersey can possibly know what ‘down the shore’ means.” If you’re from New Jersey you’ll understand exactly what she meant.
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August 25, 2015
In the Soup II – Constitutional Crisis
A constitutional crisis, loosely defined, occurs when the rules of an organization don’t adequately cover the situation at hand. I’m in a men’s group that’s been meeting for years, and we have very few rules. In particular we have no rules at all concerning the expulsion of a member. Since this issue has never arisen we’ve had no problem, but ... Read More
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August 21, 2015
Please…
In Italy, and in good Italian restaurants everywhere, pasta is served with a smallish quantity of sauce spooned over the top. To homogenize the dish by mixing thoroughly with a fork is wrong.
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August 20, 2015
Around the Block
Every once in a while someone will ask me a question like “Do you think you’re enlightened?” The answer is easy: no, not even close. But, spiritually speaking, I’ve been around the block.
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August 19, 2015
Can You Relate?
For a long time now I’ve been a fan of things that make no sense. On a trip to India in 1985 I was walking alone in a small town and passed by a dark, grimy auto repair shop. I wondered what would happen if I went in and demanded that they serve me an egg salad sandwich.
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