It happens all the time. Someone spots the distinctive “B”—it’s red, outlined in white—on my navy blue baseball cap and blurts out, “Hey! Go Sox!” And the next thing you know, I’m talking baseball with another Boston Red Sox fan. It happens everywhere. I’ve been greeted (or done the greeting) all over the U.S. and,…
My very best wishes to all for the holidays. Santa arrives on Maui in style. He’s already been to Moloka’i, which is the island visible the background.
It happens in every generation, I guess … older folks being critical of the up-and-comers over what they do and how they do it. My mother would snap at us whenever we used a word incorrectly, even in casual conversation. “Lay” vs. “lie” was one. And “May I?” vs. “Can I?”. If I sent her…
OK, let’s start with a very un-funny joke I heard during my European trip last summer. Q: What do you call someone who speaks three languages? A: Tri-lingual. Q: What do you call someone who speaks two languages? A: Bi-lingual. Q: What do you call someone who speaks one language? A: An American. Probably the…