For the first time in the 25 years that it's been choosing a Word of the Year, the American Dialect Society has chosen a hashtag as its Word of the Year.
You'll remember that...
So, just when I thought I had no idea what the American Dialect Society might choose at the 2014 Word of the Year, I had an idea and thought of one.
Which isn't to say I'm...
Hi! It's been a while, hasn't it? A good sign, though, is that I still remembered how to log in!
Well, if there's one thing that could bring me back to the blog after being...
Jay Paterno left before he got kicked out.This afternoon, the last man to jump into the race to be Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor jumped out. Paterno...
There's a saying that goes "better late than never."In the case of Jack Wagner - and maybe Jay Paterno - the more appropriate saying may be "better never than late."It's been...
You can take a former elections coordinator out of politics, but you can't take politics out of a former elections coordinator. So, you can imagine my excitement yesterday when...
Once again, my prediction for the Word of the Year proved to be off the mark. Why? Because.That's right. At their recent meeting in Minneapolis, members of the American Dialect...
What if a selfie exists as proof of how I got hurt?With a title and lead like that, it can only mean one thing: The time to predict the 2013 Word of the Year (WOTY) is here!The...
Apologies for the lack of posts these past few months. I've been busy at work and at home.For about six weeks this past summer, my home was pretty much a construction zone....
It's been almost two weeks, since my last "Namegate"-related post, so it's time for an update.To recap, "Namegate" refers to the airing by television station KTVU of fake,...
The other shoe(s) have started dropping at KTVU in the wake of the so-called "Namegate" scandal.Late last night, San Francisco media blogger Rich Lieberman REPORTED that several...
It's been nearly 10 days since the now infamous "Namegate" episode involving KTVU and the airing of fake, racially insensitive names for the pilots involved in a deadly plane...
Kind of a slow day in "Namegate."For those of you just tuning in, "Namegate" is what some observers have taken to calling the events surrounding KTVU's airing of...
As I commented on a co-worker's Facebook page, I am obsessed with what some observers have taken to calling "Namegate."I refer, of course, to the topic of my very lengthy...
I am a terrible blogger. It's been over a month since I've written anything. Blame it mostly on my crazy work schedule. It's summer vacation season, so I've been working some...
The latest battle at the box office may be between the people who make movies and the people who show them."The Hollywood Reporter" recently posted THIS article (billed as...
Another primary election night is in the books. Give me a couple of months and then I'll start preparing for the general election in November.I've been doing this election...
Pennsylvania's primary election is just over three weeks away. My POLITICS page has been updated, and I am in the midst of coordinating coverage for my TV station.At the moment,...
As mentioned in the PREVIOUS POST, I watch too much TV - which is one reason why I don't blog as often as I should.When last we left our discussion of my viewing habits, I was...
Fact: I watch too much TV.Fact: After a series that I watch comes to an end, I don't always look for something to replace it.Fact: Somehow, I still manage to watch too much TV.I...
Last night, a friend and I ventured to Bloomsburg to see the BLOOMSBURG THEATRE ENSEMBLE'S production of Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It."I almost didn't go. "As You Like...
Since no money - real or imagined - was wagered, I don't know if an incorrect guess at the Word of the Year can really count as a loss. But, it is a real disappointment because...
I've taken a break from my regular reading list of mystery/detective novels (don't worry. V is for Vengeance is next on my list) to read a work of non-fiction titled Sybil...
2012 is quickly drawing to a close, so it won't be long until the AMERICAN DIALECT SOCIETY hosts its annual meeting. It's set for early January in Boston, and the highlight is...
The 2012 campaign has finally come to an end with President Barack Obama winning a hard-fought second term in the White House. The campaign seemed to last a really long time....
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