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The Once-in-a-While
Daily News
1 Think it'll rain?
2 Didja Know, Dept.: The Sacramento Kings are the oldest franchise in the NBA.
3 Read it and weep, purists.
4 Still a Warriors' fan over in these parts, I get to watch more Kings' games than I do Woyers.
5 Non-news, to be sure, but news nonetheless.
6 Moving On, Part One: I totally need to turn up the heat in my house.
7 Ah, I've LOTS to do in my house.
8 I hear that's goin' around.
9 Whatcha gonna do?
10 In my frabjous mind, not a heckuva lot.
11 I've lost track of time.
12 Happens all the time. Don't get old.
13 Thanks, Trump.
14 Moving On, Part Two: Last night I decided to make an attempt NOT to criticize our POTUS.
15 That's modern-hip for "President of the United States."
16 That might be because I have unutterably NO respect for the poor fellow.
17 It's not his fault.
18 He clearly experienced and is the result of inferior parenting.
19 Those "libtards" obviously spared the rod.
20 "Libtards." Welcome to the wide, wonderful world of 2017. We have officially transformed into wildebeests.
21 How insensitive ARE people nowadays?
22 Pretty insensitive. The Kings' game, btw, turned into a shoot out. Great game, animated announcers, slightly insensitive. Sorry. Still learning this Sacramento thing.
24 Does this DN make my ass look big?
25 If you watch LIVE basketball, you get announcers who shall remain nameless asking their co-announcers who shall remain nameless just that question.
26 Gents.
27 It began as a boring game; most of those watching would concur.
28 This doesn't mean you're free to cut loose when the Kings turn it around. It takes some getting used to.
29 Have a couple cuppas and settle your stuff down.
30
31 Anybody lookin'?
32 80's pinstripe shirts with white collars AND a purple bowtie. Nailed it. I'm gonna do that look.
33 From now on. I adore living in the "now."
34 I swear. I...
35
36 Blather. We do that. People from Cali. We blather. Let's go to the-dictionary-that-seems-now-to-control-all-the-rest-of the dictionaries, Dictionary.com for some definition:
blather
[blath -er]
noun
1. foolish, voluble talk:
His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
verb (used with or without object)
2. to talk or utter foolishly; blither; babble:
The poor thing blathered for hours about theintricacies
[sik] of his psyche.
It's me. Whoops. It is I. I needed to mention a few "Englishy" things about those definitions. The th in the pronunciation simply means it is voiced; you can hear it. The word "the" is a voiced th. If it is not italicized, it means it is unvoiced, such as the th in the word "with." You can't hear it.
An action verb "used with an object" means just that; you put an object immediately after it. In the vernacular, they call that a transitive verb. An action verb "used without an object" means you don't necessarily put an object after it. Here are examples using the action verb "sang."
TRANSITIVE (used with an object):
He sang the song. Notice the object "song" follows the action verb "sang."
INTRANSITIVE (used without an object):
He sang beautifully. Notice verb "sang" has no object following it.
[sik] means I didn't make this mistake; this is how it was originally written.
37 Ah, go fish.
blather
[blath -er]
noun
1. foolish, voluble talk:
His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
verb (used with or without object)
2. to talk or utter foolishly; blither; babble:
The poor thing blathered for hours about theintricacies
[sik] of his psyche.
It's me. Whoops. It is I. I needed to mention a few "Englishy" things about those definitions. The th in the pronunciation simply means it is voiced; you can hear it. The word "the" is a voiced th. If it is not italicized, it means it is unvoiced, such as the th in the word "with." You can't hear it.
An action verb "used with an object" means just that; you put an object immediately after it. In the vernacular, they call that a transitive verb. An action verb "used without an object" means you don't necessarily put an object after it. Here are examples using the action verb "sang."
TRANSITIVE (used with an object):
He sang the song. Notice the object "song" follows the action verb "sang."
INTRANSITIVE (used without an object):
He sang beautifully. Notice verb "sang" has no object following it.
[sik] means I didn't make this mistake; this is how it was originally written.
37 Ah, go fish.
38 California man. Just being associated with California these days is considered anathema.
anathema
[uh-nath-uh-muh]
noun, plural anathemas.
1. a person or thing detested or loathed:
That subject is anathema to him.
2. a person or thing accursed or consigned todamnation [sik] or destruction.
3. a formal ecclesiastical curse involvingexcommuication [sik}.
4. any imprecation of divine punishment.
5. a curse: execration.
anathema
[uh-nath-uh-muh]
noun, plural anathemas.
1. a person or thing detested or loathed:
That subject is anathema to him.
2. a person or thing accursed or consigned todamnation [sik] or destruction.
3. a formal ecclesiastical curse involvingexcommuication [sik}.
4. any imprecation of divine punishment.
5. a curse: execration.
39 Officially "libtards" are worthy of drowning, according to a bunch of hosejobs on Facebook.
41 I'm thinking of giving up Facebook for Lent.
42 Moving On, Part the Thoid: Did a crazy woman wearing an LOL shirt murder the brother of North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Nam last night?
43 I have nothing to say.
44 I sort of report the news.
45 I can't keep up with all of the absurdities that continue bombarding us.
46 I tend to look up to the skies these days. Last night, Venus and Mars were all right.
47 So I took a deep breath, had a moment, and didn't even worry if Harrison Ford was doing a crash over.
48
49 Oy.
50 When did the crowd get outta control?
51 It's times like these that I wish I were a groundhog. I could poke my head out, see a shadow, and hunker back into my bunker.
52 In fact, I believe I'll do that anyway. I have around twelve windows open as I lay these themes down.
53 Blather and strange music surround me. I have the teevee on with George "I'm-on-every-hour-of-the day" Stephanopolus. I occasionally refer to him as George Stephano, POLUS (President of Le United States).
54 Keeps France guessing.
55 Is there a back door outta here?
41 I'm thinking of giving up Facebook for Lent.
42 Moving On, Part the Thoid: Did a crazy woman wearing an LOL shirt murder the brother of North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Nam last night?
43 I have nothing to say.
44 I sort of report the news.
45 I can't keep up with all of the absurdities that continue bombarding us.
46 I tend to look up to the skies these days. Last night, Venus and Mars were all right.
47 So I took a deep breath, had a moment, and didn't even worry if Harrison Ford was doing a crash over.
48
49 Oy.
50 When did the crowd get outta control?
51 It's times like these that I wish I were a groundhog. I could poke my head out, see a shadow, and hunker back into my bunker.
52 In fact, I believe I'll do that anyway. I have around twelve windows open as I lay these themes down.
53 Blather and strange music surround me. I have the teevee on with George "I'm-on-every-hour-of-the day" Stephanopolus. I occasionally refer to him as George Stephano, POLUS (President of Le United States).
54 Keeps France guessing.
55 Is there a back door outta here?
56 Ah, I gottago.
57 Been nice.
58 But I honestly do.
59 Hope I didn't piss anyone off.
60 All in fun.
61 My bowtie is choking me. My head is ready to explode.
62 <takes breath>
63 Nuthin'.
64 Gottago.
65 See you again.
66 Live life.
67 Love life.
68 Peace.
~H~
fin.
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