phrases

I was browsing the airport gift shop in Orly a few years ago, trying to find something so that I could spend my remaining francs before returning home, and a man, obviously in a hurry, plopped down a case of cigarettes on the checkout counter.

Growing up, I (among many I know) had only a few phrases that you just didn’t say. Schoolyard spats could be waged every day, and just about anything was kosher to use in the struggle. My sixth grade class was no exception. We were pre-pubescent and steaming full speed ahead, and our teacher, Mr. Tays [...]

As much as it hurts to sound right-wing “English is the only language” about this, it could possibly improve the efficacy of your spambot comments if you used fewer phrases like “your site likes me very more” or “your forum is very nice” and you used better English, or at least exhibited a better understanding of, well the whole Internet and distinctions amon

I’m sitting in Starbucks (which pretty much marks the outer limits of my social parameters) watching three boys act like… boys. And they are so damn [bleep]ing irritating.

It came out of me like the first puff of black soot coughed from the lawnmower the first time it’s started up every Spring.  A little dirtier than it should be but it came out and that’s better than expected.

The eastern wood-peewee is a flycatcher. Like most local flycatchers, it is drab, but it has a sweet, plaintive whistle in two phrases, "peeeeaweee, peeahhh." It sits on open perches watching for insects, which it will attack in mid air. Occasionally it will drop to the ground for prey.

Hopelessly behind schedule out here on the farm, thanks, in part, to this ridiculous weather pattern.  That said, I feel compelled to chime in on a few totally random issues:

Hopelessly behind schedule out here on the farm, thanks, in part, to this ridiculous weather pattern. That said, I feel compelled to chime in on a few totally random issues:

Sen. Hillary Clinton is ratcheting up her panderfest on the gas tax issue, this time urging members of congress to come out of the closet on the issue: