When you consider something like death, after which (there being no news flash to the contrary) we may well go out like a candle flame, then it probably doesn’t matter if we try too hard, are awkward sometimes, care for one another too deeply, are excessively curious about nature, are too open to experience, enjoy [...]
Kate has, in the past, gently discouraged me from getting many more punctuation tattoos. One, she says, seems like it should be plenty. Despite this, I’ve often talked about getting an ampersand, because I like the form of the thing, or a semicolon, because I just frickin’ love using them SO MUCH. [...]
… and not in an “on the street” kind of Glenn Frey manner, no. Rather: The heat pipes in our apartment are hot to the touch. The ambient temperature in most rooms is well above 80 degrees, though whether that’s just residual heat from the day or due to the heat being on, I don’t [...]
“Celebutante.” This from the front page of the New York Times (to be fair, among many, many other newspapers) who used the word to describe Paris Hilton.
I can think of several more apt word-amalgams to use in its place. Or how about none at all?