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Every now and then, I thumb through John Ayto’s Dictionary of Word Origins and surprise myself. Tonight I looked up the word eloquent and was surprised to read: eloquent see VENTRILOQUIST Hm. I would never have guessed that eloquence had anything to do with ventriloquism. First of all, I find ventriloquists and their wooden friends just a tad bit disturbing, thanks to shows like The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt. I mean, it’s bad enough that ventriloquists like…

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I love vegetables, and I love making music, but I never thought to combine these two loves to make music out of vegetables. When I first read about it, I was fascinated and amused. It certainly gives new meaning to playing with your food. Unfortunately, this has also made me curious about what else I might find on the net about playing with food. However, I was thinking more along the lines of finding Dreyfuss-like encounters with mashed potatoes; I…

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Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Bah. What bologne. For a few weeks now I’ve been expecting snail mail from a couple of my best friends, and like the good little girl that I am I’ve been checking my post office box faithfully, at least once or twice a week. After much thought, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m getting everyone else’s mail but…

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I played my very first game of miniature golf today at Boomers, and I had a fabulous time. I sucked, but I had a fabulous time. Par was 52; my score was 65. On the way to the ninth hole, which was in a tunnel high up, in a fake mountain, I hit the ball so hard that it jumped off the course, rolled across a bridge, and fell down the height of a tower right onto the tenth hole…

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I went apartment hunting today, and I’ve learned at least one thing: Extra letters in the name mean extra expensive. The word point, for example, is rather harmless and nondescript. View Point. Point Surfside. The Point. Add an extra -e, however, and the rent goes up at least $200. Pointe Surfside had great landscaping, clean grounds, nice new exteriors, and an all-around good feel to it, but you know… that extra -e would have killed my monthly budget. It’s true!…

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