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This New York Times article documents a phenomenon I observed just today. I was looking at a problem parking easement with a 65 year old client and he concluded by telling me it would be "way cool" if I could figure out what he should do.
Background: he has a young adult daughter.
The times article cites a Journal of Voice piece that studied "uptalk" and "vocal fry" as discenable trends.
Thursday's "Girls' Nite Out" is a great fundraiser for the Community Breast Care Project.
There are, however, two distinct Apostrophe Violations in the poster -- unless there will just be one girl going out.
Some friends have stored a few things with us, possibly to be transported to their new Virginia home when we travel there for a family wedding in the Spring.
I've pondered the label on this bag for several days.
Why is there an exclamation point? The friends are very literate. One is a journalist. The punctuation could not have been accidental.
Should I peek inside?
OK, then TAKE THE TEST.
Here's the real question: If you score less than 50% are you qualified to vote ???????
Carolyn Landwehr captured this violation on a trip to the Northwest.
They must have come from a different part of Germany. Note that they left a spot for the apostrophe, but intentionally decided against it. In criminal law that is the differnce between Murder First Degree and Manslaughter.
I hollered a little about legislators supporting measures not based on the merits, but because the revenue goes someplace that seems ok. A recent article out of St. Louis reports another idea with an allocation teaser. Missouri House Representative Mike Kelley wants to let school districts put ad in, and on, school buses.
This idea is ok, we're told, because half the revenue will go to local school districts for transportation needs. The ads will be monitored (aka censored) by the Board of Education. Who could oppose a measure that helps local districts with red ink in budgets?
Well, aside from the problem of whether a government contractor could, under the First Amendment, prohibit the Nazi Party or Trojan, Inc. from exercising their rights to ad space, does the General Assembly really think it's ok to subject children, already intoxicated with media pressure during every waking minute, to yet more solicitations from the highest bidder?
If ads on school buses are a good revenue source - file your bill and argue your case. Put all the money in General Revenue and then balance the damned budget based on needs. Don't cloak a questionable policy decision by doling out half the dollars to widows, orphans . . . and schools.
We are what we are.
It will be a while before we become something else.
It's ok, but really not very ok.
All at the same time.
I was visting my 96 year old mom today at the hospital. She's doing ok. Might go home soon.
She is an avid reader and follows lots of local and national issues. She was insistant that I get her an absentee ballot so she could vote YES for transformation.
She said "If we don't fix the old penitentiary site it will be an embarassment to Jefferson City."
I looked over at a sticker hanging by her chart.
The question opponants cannot answer is "What happens to 130 aces of polluted blight at the old MSP site if we do not approve the Transformation program on the ballot Tuesday?"
The buidlings are falling down before our eyes. The State of Missouri has no money to do anything but build chain link fences.
The opponants to Transformation have no answer.
Vote YES on Tuesday to convert this blight into a treasure that future generations will applaud.
High Street Beat is the personal weblog of John Landwehr, a partner at Cook Vetter Doerhoff & Landwehr and a former Mayor of Jefferson City. Your comments, feedback and suggestions are welcome.