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Category Archives: It’s part of the language!
The Pompatos of Love!
Poetry and literature can be explicated. Writings by Shakespeare, Keats, Yeats and Coleridge are a mystery at first reading, but many scholars and academicians read, dissect, explain and regurgitate the meaning and reasoning of all written things throughout history. Unlike … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity and Fame, Fantasy Fun, It's part of the language!
Tagged blues, CD, motown, music, Queen, radio, rhythm, songwriter, tune
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America the Industrious!
The images pervade American history books. Images that reflect an industrious, hardworking America– a 18th Century colonist wielding an axe, a 20th Century steel worker pouring a white-hot ingot, a 19th Century railroad worker pinning down a steel track with … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!, Real life
Tagged blood, cold, inventions, sweat, tears, work, work ethic
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Philly to English; English to Philly!
Charles Berlitz, linguist and language teacher, garnered a fortune developing books and courses teaching people to speak languages other than their own. When I studied German in high school and college, I made it a point to tuck a pocket-sized … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!, Real life
Tagged accent, Chris Christie, Dennis and Judy Show, Gino's, hoagie, new jersey, Part of the Language, Pat's, sandwich, sub
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One Man’s Dandelion Is Another Man’s Daisy!
The dandelion is a much misaligned little flower with a bad rap! In North America, it is one of the earliest plants to bloom in the spring, dotting lawns and landscapes with its bright yellow flowers. As beautiful as this … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!, Real life, Science
Tagged feed, flowers, grass, John Deere, lawn, pests, weeds
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O.K. I’m a Blatant Heterosexual!
I’m waiting for the guy who walks into the party and exclaims, “O.K. I don’t care who it offends, but I’m heterosexual!” Will anybody care? Probably not. Perhaps it will invoke a few chuckles, maybe a couple of raised eyebrows, … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity and Fame, It's part of the language!, Law and our society!, Real life, Ripped from the headlines
Tagged ABC, athletes, basketball, football, gay, homosexual, lesbian, sports, tennis
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Bohemian Rapsody!
John Debella was taking requests on his morning radio show at Philadelphia’s Classic Rock WMGK a few years ago when he received this call: “WMGK, what can I play for you, my man!” John said. With slightly slurred speech a … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity and Fame, It's part of the language!, Real life
Tagged city of brotherly love, Debellaware Valley, John Debella Show, radio, WMGK, WMMR
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Tricks of the Trade and Rules of Thumb!
Even in a high-tech precision world, not much is accomplished without a few “tricks-of-the-trade” or “rules of thumb.” Why? Because, despite mechanization and computer manipulation, there is a real world filled with real people who are tasked with getting things … Continue reading
Trees
“I think that I will never see a poem as lovely as a tree,” wrote Joyce Kilmer. As you read the rest of this simple-minded poem, you get the distinct impression that Mr. Kilmer didn’t get out much, or if … Continue reading
Make up your mind to resolve!
Make a motion, make a resolution, Trenton makes the world takes. Between the slackers and the fakers is a world full of makers. No movers or shakers, though. No one resolves anything anymore. They make it! Every year at New … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!, Real life
Tagged bad habits, good, make, motion, New Year, promises, resolution, Trenton
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What’s in a name?
Remember George Carlin’s Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television? One of those infamous words was “tits,” and George thought it didn’t even belong on the list. “Sounds like a nickname!” he said, “Hey, Tits, com’ere! Tits, Toots! Toots, Tits!” … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, battle, chickens, dogfights, education, high school, kids, nicknames, students, Thunderbolt, WWII
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