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- ONE HOUR MARTINIZING
Does anyone out there know what “Martinizing” is or why it takes 1 hour? I remember years ago when signs began to appear everywhere at dry cleaning establishments that boldly advertised this process. I remember looking at those signs and thinking something like “Wow. Only one hour? How can they do it so fast?” But [...]
- SEMICOLONS
The most feared, underused and incorrectly used punctuation is the semicolon. It is the most feared because the criteria for its use are not clearly understood; this leads to underuse and misuse. This fear of use is widespread; it may be found in Portland, Maine; San Francisco, California; Tokyo, Japan or any lesser known area. [...]
- GOOD COUNSEL
When I was a teenager, my cousin Dan and I (Hi, Dan!), were exploring the back roads, side roads and logging tote roads of Maine one day, when we happened upon a very remote automobile junk yard. The road in there was scarcely a road by any normal standards, but once you arrived at this [...]
