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1. 5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   She’s made their decision.

2. 5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   I don’t think you grasp the emotional terrain involved. There’s no manipulation needed.

3. 6 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Or how about “curbhanger”?

4. 12 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Didn’t Vote always wins but never takes office. So we always get second best.

5. 25 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   When Richard Feynman was a boy, circa 1920, he built a crystal wire radio set which picked up an earlier out of town radio broadcast of a program that his parents would listen to on a later broadcast that evening on the family radio. He would then sit around and predict what was going to happen on the show…

6. about 1 month ago on Luann

   I never have trouble falling asleep. Of course, sometimes it’s not the night I get in bed.

7. about 1 month ago on Jane's World

   It ain’t over till it’s over and over and over and over…

8. 3 months ago on Jane's World

   It “can” be, but it shouldn’t be. When you know the sex, using “they” introduces ambiguity. Of course, if that’s your intention, fine, but the default should not be ambiguity.

9. 3 months ago on Jane's World

   Channeling the Jack Benny routine…”I said, your money or your life!” “I’m thinking, I’m thinking…”

10. 3 months ago on Jane's World

    “They” should only be used when the sex of the referent is unknown or indeterminate.