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ETERNAL-I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE. If you didn’t know them when..discover them now. AGAIN. 

Roslyn Kind - Barbara Streisand’s half sister

This Comedian Is A Living Cartoon Character. Greg Morton - Full Special

Coming Into Focus: Living in a world of color

2021cc NOTE: This post was written by Gina Nobuko Ramos in 2016. She shared it recently because it remains salient and “deeply ancestral.” I am compelled to share it with you here and hope it will foster time and thought to our current situation.

There’s been a breach in our humanity. The breach is continuous, violent and specific. The bleed is rattling the cage of race, racism and rage.The…

Seven Words and Phrases Smart People Screw Up

WORDS AND PHRASES THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU CRINGE

I hear so many smart people using certain common words the wrong way–either transposing letters or syllables or adding letters or completely mispronouncing words. Let’s try to stop this ridiculousness (not an authentic word) starting with a phrase that makes me wince.

Word Crimes by Weird Al Tankvovic https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDcDon’t go here:…

This Is The Month To Do Some Reading

IT’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NAME A FEW HEROES

Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, are all well known names to those who have studied Black history.  But there are so many more where those came from, that may not be familiar to you.

This month is a good month to go deep and discover some of the heroes who have made significant contributions in a…

Sure you didn't any words out?

The importance of knowing grammar basics. Suppose there is just ONE typo in your resume? Will the reviewer toss it? S9he) might. And you will never know why you didn’t get the job.

Sure you didn't any words out?

I am a moderate grammar enforcer. I am not perfect. I make ample exceptions for social media posts with restrictions on character count. I break rules and I make mistakes too. NOTE: Never take on the task of proofreading your own work. Something is bound to go wrong.

I’ve toned down my tendency to “correct” bad grammar except with my own children, and with news “readers” who can’t hear me…