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In its zeal, the Sierra Club has clear-cut a whole national park of words

George Packer, Gunn alum, or person who attended Gunn High in Palo Alto, The Atlantic, April 23, 2023, pp 9-12: the moral case against euphemism: banning words won’t make the world more just graph seven: warn off; compare ward off … Continue reading

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Would this win the Super Bowl of carne de res, or only the World Cup?

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Dylan admits machines wrote his masterpiece

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Amazon has a $953 BILLION market cap and can pay more than $500k for a Palo Alto business license

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AFI ‘96 v. AFI ‘22

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Lord of the fried

The harder they bank, the harder they spank

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I’ve met your mother and your brother, but I’d like to see your grammy

Select list of 2023 Grammy nominees: aka I’ve met your brother and your mother, but someday I’d like to see your grammy…. 30AdeleShawn Everett, Ludwig Göransson, Inflo, Tobias Jesso, Jr., Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, Joey Pecoraro & Shellback, producers; Julian … Continue reading

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Fair play to Texas folk harpist Lizzie No, especially covering Nancy Griffith at The Kennedy Center, spring, 2022

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MC Hammer looks more like Hank Aaron than Sonny Rollins looks like Don Newcombe

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Mini bar blues by Steve Poltz and Bruce Bochy

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