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  1. Ron
    This word always conjures up spy novels for me. Although... If I type the word into google search I get perfume, a downtown Portland hotel, an organizer to keep papers in (close) and fleet management and maintenance software to name just a few things. Weird!
  2. Ron
    I do very much hope all you have to do is press a button to get this information.
  3. Ron
    This qualifies as wonderful! I watched the whole video and I appreciate the emcee’s thoughtful exploration of Ms. Bassey’s vocal range and expression.
  4. Ron
    When I saw that you posted the photo of the man in the gallery I wondered, "Is this Zombie?" And if it is, "He looks rather intense."
  5. Ron
    Congratulations on your promotion, Mawgrim.
  6. Ron
    Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner!
  7. Ron
    How would you compare the books with the Amazon series?
  8. Ron
    Every time I make mashed I'm a potaster (which is what I first read), not to be confused with poetaster.
  9. Ron
    I had one and that one is exaggerating!
  10. Ron
    I would like to add that it’s entirely possible that it’s the way rigmarole is pronounced by the individual or region that’s responsible for the phantom ‘a’ in the middle. The word has three syllables rig-ma-role but when said quickly it sounds like ri-gm-a-role with the ‘gm’ making a sound like gam, as in gamble. As @drpaladin says it may just be that people in Northern Ohio, where I grew up, say rigmarole in such a way as to include the phantom ‘a’ in actual speech.
  11. Ron
    Anecdotal information: Growing up I’d always heard this word spoken as rigamarole — sort of like someone saying irregardless, I suppose.
  12. Ron
    For that one person (so far, I'm looking at you @astone2292) who expects extra hours of daylight... daylight saving time doesn't mean that the light lasts longer, we just move it around (sort of)!
  13. Ron
    We turn the clocks ahead this weekend. More diurnal activities available later in the day. Not that I’m a fan of the switch!
  14. Ron
    Fair enough said, all of it. For my part I have left many comments that were often detailed and were once considered reviews but are no longer. Since the change I haven't left actual reviews as they now stand and therefore no stars for anyone to get upset about.
  15. Ron
    What do you mean by "five-star review? Clearly stars are a simple rating apparatus and should not be viewed as a review per se. A review would be critiquing the story in words that express your critical appraisal of a story in clear wording along with a summary of reasoning. Anything less and you haven't reviewed anything. A star rating is merely a quick assessment and not a review and authors and readers should realize that distinction and act accordingly before the author reaches the conclusion that their effort is diminished and/or for a reader to decide whether to read a story or not. In the end, of course, someone else's star-rated opinion, whether given lightly or with considered thought, may not have any effect on another reader's actual enjoyment.
  16. Ron
    It’s all good! It just depends on how well you use your power.
  17. Ron
    Here are both Goblins-- Green- and Hob-. Here we have both of the Goblins -- Green and
  18. Ron
    I expected a little Spider-man fan fiction.
  19. Ron
    What a terrible word! I can’t imagine that even in the French language this word can roll off the tongue. It’s certainly more indicative of the first definition than it is to declare something to be outstanding. If someone were to use it for the second definition to describe something I had done, I might give ‘‘em a slap and tell them to take it back!
  20. Ron
    Shenanigan(s) is an excellent word. The word alone is so entrenched in the human psyche (though, perhaps, not so much that of current generations) that any number of deeds could be defined as someone up to something—an undefined but accepted by all description—and the awareness as being indicative of a specific someone’s behavior. Shenanigan is a marvelous (excellent) word.
  21. Ron
    Most things that end with LY can be said or written using other words, it just takes more words to get the point across. "He walked happily down the sidewalk." can become "It was clear to all that he was happy due to his prancing while wearing a bunny suit because most people don't do that unless they're happy." Also, it ups your word count.
  22. Ron
    Sadly, the case does not appear to be cut-and-dry as indicated in the article I posted. The defendant’s lawyers are saying that the guilty plea was the defendant’s attempt to escape his haranguing wife, thinking that he would get ten years away from her… and he was good with that. That’s one hell of an escape attempt if it’s true but it doesn’t further the murder case, or offer surcease for the brother.
  23. Ron
    Is it better to be a nudnik or a noodge?! Or is that a derogatory question?
  24. Ron
    I've been following this man's story for a couple of years as it appeared in the news over time. All I can say what a faithful brother to have persevered for so long.
  25. Ron
    Finally, justice for a gay man that was long overdue. Free article from The Boston Globe: Cambridge man finds justice for brother.
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