What’s the most versatile word we have? Mate,that’s easy
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What’s the most versatile word we have? Mate,that’s easy

Americans have friends,the French have amis,and what we have depends on your tone.

  • byDavid Astle

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Is it curtains for meat extenders?
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Is it curtains for meat extenders?

Or has the industry already gone to ground?

How to set an attacking field
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How to set an attacking field

Underhanded tactics on the upwind leg.

What this Pixar film gets so right about the human condition
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What this Pixar film gets so right about the human condition

Is this boredom I’m feeling,or ennui?

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It’s nice to be newsworthy
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It’s nice to be newsworthy

While you’re being eyeballed.

Faith can be a risky business
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Faith can be a risky business

But we do like a short sermon.

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The real urban dictionary:How fluent are you in street talk?
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The real urban dictionary:How fluent are you in street talk?

Avenues,roads,stroads? We need to decipher the spin of today’s city planners.

  • byDavid Astle
Prog rock from ear to ear
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Prog rock from ear to ear

Just don’t get melancholy,man.

Hundreds of words have been added to the dictionary this year. Which ones will last?
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Hundreds of words have been added to the dictionary this year. Which ones will last?

Enshittification,this is your moment.

  • byDavid Astle
Searching for The Female Geldingi
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Searching for The Female Geldingi

While boomers go on more than just a date.

At what age does an elder become elderly?
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At what age does an elder become elderly?

Aside from Donald Trump,most of us feel for Joe Biden,getting the tap that signals the twilight has gathered.

  • byDavid Astle