Another Word: Spoiler Alert! byE. C. Ambrose How would you feel if someone revealed the ending of a story before you’d read it? Most of us say we’d be angry. We have even established protocols to prevent having a story “spoiled,” and the term “spoiler alert” has entered common...
just take my word for it. Another of the Carnegie estate homes (Dungeness) burned to the ground some time ago, and one can explore the ruins, as can the wild horses. Right near there is a more modest house. It was built by Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene’s wife. It ...
Governor Sukegimi however, was not deceived at all, for he was well aware of the cat-hater’s tactics. “My friend Kiyokado, you cannot fool me this time. You promised me many times that you would pay the taxes, but you never kept your word. I do not wish to settle this problem ...
Is this something you could help with, or do you know someone who can? Al and I are happy to pay for any work; we both want Maggie and the children to be safe. My friend Millie asks to be remembered to you, and I am enclosing her contact details. This is another situation where ...
However, the whole place was filled with primary school and kindergarten kids who made a ton of noise (they were prompted to boo the farmers at the start) that spoiled the whole show for me since it made it hard to hear what was happening and their teacher’s constant shushing did nothin...
But someone in China is seemingly afraid of such a comparison. The example I have is that when I wrote a blog entry entitled Auschwitz, it cannot be transmitted via the Chinese social media app WeChat, unless I avoid using that word in the title. The content of the blog entry had ...
Someone I know always states how the weather is. “It’s a clear day.”“It sure is a sunny day.”“Wow, today is really windy.” I have to double check to see if we’re living on the same plane or timeline. The sound of a hybrid car backing up is the same sound of the ...
someone who is in the age range of 18-30. The news is something, which Elisabeth first overhears, while Harvey is talking on the phone. She receives the official word, when she joins him for lunch, where he devours shrimp. Making matters worse, it is Elisabeth’s fiftieth birthday. After...
Since the required environmental impact studies for the proposed Resolution Mine were rendered pointless by the McCain bill, the tribe and other central Arizona residents, will have no protection for their groundwater and the mine will not be libel if water is spoiled. Soon, if Resolution Copper...