Category Archives: Mild-mannered opinion

mute

[A casual reading of this piece may suggest that it is politically incorrect; in fact, it is, but not in the way it may at first appear to be. Each stanza is supposed to have four lines, but some of … Continue reading

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Hello. How are you? I’m fine!

Each time we give that formulaic greeting we shrink the definition of “I’m fine”: it used to be “I’m fine” meant things were perfect, but now it means, “don’t want to bore you; I decline to mention all the things … Continue reading

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parking space

After a bunch of reverses and retries I parallel parked the Lexus in the spot right in front of the door to the Rolex store. Convenient. Time saver. The guy was lying on the pavement just beside the BMW behind … Continue reading

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