Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Here's the Thing

A collector of odd words and phrases am I.  So here’s the thing: my Notepad has a special collection begging to post.  What it is is a lighter follow-up to a previous play with words last May:  “What I’m driving at is ... economy of words.

It’s scary how Halloween is such a major diversion.  The thing is, we're not into the holiday that much, although our grandkids certainly have fun with it.  Now what I’m remembering is some cute characters like three amigos and Barney the dinosaur.

What I do is write these things on the fly during phone meetings and online news talk.  Call it keyboarding practice to slow my mental decline – that’s what it is.

The point I'm trying to make is ... actually, what I'm trying to say is ...

Oh, what’s the use!