I’m an avid reader. I wish I’d kept track of all the books I’ve read, but it’s in the thousands. When one has read that many books, one sees patterns, one figures out what works and what doesn’t from plotting, to pacing, to setting, etc. Sure, I have particular genres that I’m more interested than… Continue reading Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Foolish
Category: English as She is Spoken
Don’t Decimate Me, Bro
Yes, I understand that language is always changing. Yes, I understand that the English-speaking nations do not have the equivalent of l’Académie française. Nevertheless, I take umbrage at certain terms for which meaning has been literally turned on its head. Decimate is one of those terms. It comes from the lovely practice of the Roman… Continue reading Don’t Decimate Me, Bro
A Better Definition of Poor
Much has been made over the centuries of Christ’s statement in Matthew 26:11 that we “will always have the poor”. Some take this to mean that lifting people out of poverty is doomed to fail, since Christ said it wouldn’t work. I do not believe this was a prophecy, however, so much as a statement… Continue reading A Better Definition of Poor