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by Jim Evans
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Friday, 11 November 2005 |
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By Sotto Voce, R.N.
FELINE CAT: Recently, I attended a language conference at Cornell University as a delegate from the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired. Since I treat many patients for Redundancy Disorder, I watch for symptoms everywhere I go. I was not surprised to notice that Cornell, in spite of its status, suffers from the disorder on an institutional level. For instance, it has prerequisites for its courses, not requisites. Typical collegiate verbosity.
However, I was surprised to see a symptom I had not encountered in treatment at the institute. I was even more surprised because Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine is world renowned. In spite of that college’s pool of expertise, the campus hosts the Cornell Feline Cat Club.
But I’m not a zoologist. Given the state of recombinant DNA research, perhaps canine cats exist. Or bovine cats. Who knows these days?
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 11 November 2005 |
 When Director Jon Favreau appeared on "The Apprentice" a week or so ago I thought he was an idiot. He described the contestants' task as educating the public on how to pronounce the name of his movie, Zathura (pronounced zuh-THOOR-uh). I thought, if you want to market a movie, why don't you name it something people will understand and remember instead of wasting your marketing budget teaching them to pronounce it? The movie is about two brothers who find a game called "Zathura" in the basement. When they play it, it comes to life. Since it is a space game, their house inexplicably ends up in outer space and the only way to get back into reality is to finish the game. Wait a minute. Wasn't the 1995 "Jumanji" about a game that comes to life? |
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Nov
11
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by Ben Veaner
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Friday, 11 November 2005 |
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04
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by Jim Evans
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Friday, 04 November 2005 |
SMART TALK
By Clara Dix, R.N.
SEAGULLS: An advanced student at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired pointed this one out to us, to our embarrassment. An avid birder, she referred us to the field guides. Sure enough, they’re just gulls. After all, there are no cave gulls. Seagull makes no more sense than airmoth or landllama, or car makers advertising road cars.
But then, maybe auto companies are tired of doing warrantee repairs on cars their customers have used for ocean racing. Chasing seagulls, no doubt.
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by Ben Veaner
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Friday, 04 November 2005 |
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