This is another one of my very favorite words. It seems an odd category in which to specify favorites but I suppose for those of us who appreciate words it's no different than choosing a favorite flavor of ice cream or cheering for a favorite team. I have a list of favorite words somewhere in my head and sometimes I wonder what truly defines a word ( Read more... )

We're approaching the home stretch of Echo Reflection with a mere 12 columns left to post. I've made sure to save some of my best pieces for the grand finale so be sure to keep up on these last dozen entries. This edition originally ran Wednesday, January 26, 2005 and concerns several political issues. A number of usual slags are derided including ( Read more... )

albatross [al-br-tros] - noun: any of a family of large web-footed seabirds.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

-Albert Einstein

"It's just a flesh wound."

-The Black Knight after King Arthur lobbed off both of his arms

"You can't destroy what's not your creation."

-Shawn Michaels during a 2007 broadcast of Raw

This entry should have been posted February 6th but procrastination once again laid its lazy hand upon my head. Today's date is actually the 25th but I've decided to back date this for last Wednesday so that I can get the assembly line rolling along this week. This is the fourth and final Super Bowl column I wrote for the Echo and it would have ( Read more... )

"Comeback kid strikes again although critics say he's too late"

supercilious [su-per-si-le-es] - adjective: haughtily contemptuous. 

"...and cut your damn hair, you're supposed to be a role model now!"

-Missy's dad Doug giving me the ole what for 

pertinacious [per-te-na-shes] - adjective: holding resolutely to an opinion or purpose, obstinately persistent.

To say I was less than thrilled with the finale of last Sunday's Royal Rumble would be something of an understatement. As a matter of fact I don't think I'm out of place here comparing the epic slew of obscenities that burst forth from my mouth to the rant Ralphy's pop unleashed all those Christmases ago. He admonished a faulty furnace, I a ( Read more... )

Here's yet another column I wrote about the Super Bowl...and the FCC. This one ran in the Echo on Friday, February 4, 2005. As for the upcoming Super Bowl, well I don't like'em but I have to give the nod to the Patriots.

Pigskin and nardless bureaucrats at the Echo:

FCC blows things out of proportion

FCC blows things out of proportion

As the teams ( Read more... )