Carmen Milligan
Wednesday Word: Chanteuse
chanteuse [ˌSHänˈto͞oz] NOUN a female singer of popular songs, especially in a nightclub. ORIGIN French, from chanter: ‘sing’....
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 10, 20214 min read
Fake shock, blame, and murder: In the News
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Bucolic
bucolic [byo͞oˈkälik] ADJECTIVE relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life. "the church is lovely for its...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 7, 20212 min read
Easily, one of the top 10!
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Been on vacation!
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: inane
inane [iˈnān] ADJECTIVE silly; stupid. "don't constantly badger people with inane questions" synonyms: silly · foolish · stupid · fatuous...
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Carmen Milligan
Oct 15, 20212 min read
End-of-Series Mourning
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"...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 29, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Simpleton
simpleton [ˈsimpəlt(ə)n] NOUN a foolish or gullible person. "stop grinning at me like a simpleton" 1640s, probably a jocular formation...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 28, 20213 min read
My life with the telephone
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 23, 20211 min read
And just like that...
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Schadenfreude
schadenfreude [ˈSHädənˌfroidə] NOUN pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. Schadenfreude is borrowed from German....
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 21, 20213 min read
Some Tuesday Reflection...
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Shut that antiquated notion down, fashionistas!
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Damn it, America!
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Y'all. Norm McDonald was a fucking genius.
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Ebullient
ebullience [iˈbo͝olyəns, iˈbəlyəns] NOUN the quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance. The famed Met Gala was this past...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Tete-a-tete
tête-à-tête [ˌtādəˈtāt, ˌtedəˈtet] NOUN a private conversation between two people. A coworker used this with me the other day. Let's...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 7, 20211 min read
Remembering Luke Perry
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Lyle Lovett is very underrated
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...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 3, 20211 min read
That damn cat!
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...
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