“Be gruntled. Start building,” screams the full-page newspaper ad by Careerbuilder.com. I’m hooked. Gruntled? What kind of word is that?
Disgruntled is a word we all know, especially in the context of the disgruntled employee who pulls a pistol at the office. Come to think of it, ...
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Posted by Sara on Fri, 28 Mar 2008
“How was I?”
“Subprime.”
How was your golf game, dear?
“Subprime.”
“And what do you think of the word of the year?”
“I’d say it was a subprime pick.”
“Subprime sucks?”
“Subzero is okay. Subzero is useful. Subprime’s a fad. It’s a ...
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Posted by Sara on Mon, 18 Feb 2008
Writers are readers? Yes, of course we are. That’s why I immediately answered novelist Katherine Stone’s e-mailed invitation to check out her web site, Writers are readers.com. ( Read More ]
Posted by Sara on Thu, 17 Jan 2008
A series of waterfalls and spills doesn’t happen without steep hills and the Dolphin Hills
An hour or so out of Negril via the road to Savanna-La-Mar are steep enough. The trip along narrow, winding roads is ...
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Posted by Sara on Sun, 30 Dec 2007
Negril, Jamaica:
The morning sun polishes a smooth sea to a metallic sheen, a gorgeous but blinding sight, which is why the early diners take shelter under the thatched roof of the LTU Pub, the runway between ...
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Posted by Sara on Sat, 29 Dec 2007
Fort Myers, Florida
As usual I was running late for a mundane appointment, when I glanced out on the lake. There on the point just around the bend, a vision appeared, the likes of which I never expected to see: wood storks. A pair of them had just touched down in our sedate suburban ...
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Posted by Sara on Fri, 07 Dec 2007
It’s bad enough I can’t get a good night’s sleep. Now my computer can’t, either. The first message I got from the Windows wizard this morning is that my laptop can’t access its sleep network. I suppose I’ve infected my electronic pal with my insomniac habits. I fear the machine will ...
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Posted by Sara on Mon, 20 Aug 2007
Falling out of bed. Haven’t we all done this, either figuratively or imaginatively?
I would venture to say that we have. Beginning in toddlerhood. Ending in second childhood. There’s nothing unusual to be said about that.
Which is why I paid scant attention when some TV pundit ...
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Posted by Sara on Tue, 30 Jan 2007
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