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The Angel's Dictionary of Oxymoronic Terms
I'm ordinary enough to be confused most of the time by words that don't make sense. Usually I suck it up and let silence do my talking for me, hoping it will picture me as a strong silent type with leadership potential. But now and then I can't resist the urge toward words, especially since I've wholly surrendered to my addiction for crossword puzzles. Those puzzles often sticMORE »
Rock-paper-scissors and whalehead therapy
Whenever I play Rock-Paper-Scissors I have an urge to change the rules of the game. If my hand could command Water rather than any of the other three, I’d never lose. Scissors rust as water easily slices through them, and paper dissolves, and as rocks erode they’re washed away as sand. I’m like everyone else: I don’t like to lose.MORE »
Changing seasons: Rooting for yellowness
by Emilio DeGrazia | September 19, 2009 • The philosopher Albert Camus, sensitive to society’s desire to enjoy a moral lifestyle, made no secret of this essential belief: "All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football." Since “football” meant “soccer” to him he understandably skirted the lessons to be learned from American football field generals simuMORE »
