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chanteuse [ˌSHänˈto͞oz] NOUN a female singer of popular songs, especially in a nightclub. ORIGIN French, from chanter: ‘sing’....

When I am driving, I usually listen to NPR programming. It is basically the news, but has left-of-center reporting bias. That brings me...

bucolic [byo͞oˈkälik] ADJECTIVE relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life. "the church is lovely for its...

My sorority little sister, Linda, whom I met some 35 years ago, invited me to attend an Auburn football game with her. It was on the...

Took this pic as soon as I got to our condo at the Gulf Coast. The sky was so beautiful, the water sporting so many beautiful shades of...

inane [iˈnān] ADJECTIVE silly; stupid. "don't constantly badger people with inane questions" synonyms: silly · foolish · stupid · fatuous...

I have felt a mourning, a kind of grief, when a series is over. It's a feeling that keeps me from starting another series. I press "play"...

simpleton [ˈsimpəlt(ə)n] NOUN a foolish or gullible person. "stop grinning at me like a simpleton" 1640s, probably a jocular formation...

I am watching John Mulaney's standup special "Kid Gorgeous at Radio City", and as he was talking about the telephone and how we used to...

I love this time of year when the deadly grasp of summer heat finally releases its fist and once again allows the earth to breathe. The...

schadenfreude [ˈSHädənˌfroidə] NOUN pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. Schadenfreude is borrowed from German....

I have always understood that evening is a time for emotion. I don't know if it's because it's the end of the day and I am tired, if it's...

A lot irritates me. A LOT. People who put their cell phones on speaker in public. People who are mean to old people because they are...

What the hell is going on with America and freaking vaccines? When I was in school, we all stood in line while nurses from god knows...

Norm McDonald died this week from cancer, at the age of 61. I remember him from his Saturday Night Live days. His style was deadpan, and...

ebullience [iˈbo͝olyəns, iˈbəlyəns] NOUN the quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance. The famed Met Gala was this past...

tête-à-tête [ˌtādəˈtāt, ˌtedəˈtet] NOUN a private conversation between two people. A coworker used this with me the other day. Let's...

As any Gen-X worth their salt will attest, Luke Perry as Dylan McKay was the cutest, like, EVER. He had the look. That hair in a bit of a...

I saw Lyle Lovett perform June 3, 1999, at Pier 6 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. All these years later, I still remember that he opened...

I have four floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room of my mid-century modern house. Very often, I will bring my computer into the...