A lightning round of linguistic limbo

The English language is nutty. It can be understood through tough, thorough thought, though. I wanted to find a way to add the word “trough” to the last sentence, but I feared being thrown out throughout the touted trout throat. See? I knew it wouldn’t work. Yes, English is wild.

A tendentious excoriation of sesquipedalianism

At some point, you learned the word “antidisestablishmentarianism.” You may not know what it means, but at least you know it. Never mind that it has to do with people who wanted to maintain the Anglican Church’s status as the official Church of England in the 1800s — it has 12 syllables!

CORRECTION

A letter from Dubliner Richard Burney was mistakenly transcribed with the word “defund” written as “defend.” The Citizen regrets the error.

May is National Foster Care Month

Each May, National Foster Care Month takes place to acknowledge the families and professionals who help the more than 423,000 children and youth in foster care find permanent homes.

Filling the pauses with... um.. you know... embolalia

A few years ago my friend Kristen and I created a podcast called “The Exotic Fruit Review.” In it, we sampled exotic fruits, discussed them and interviewed people who were leading extraordinary lives.

Pride and pain

“Skiing accident?” This was the first thought of Dublin Goodfellow Michael Haley when he saw me hop out of my car with a crutch for a meeting at City Hall last week. I responded that I wished it was something that glamorous or exciting. The truth is my two weeks of pain started by sleeping wrong.

Letter to the editor

To the Editor: You may have thought that politicians are insane when you heard about the proposal to defend the police. If so, a reason exists why you thought so.

Texas can act now to reduce number of kids sleeping in offices

The number of children in the state’s foster care who had to sleep in state office has been on the increase, up to 186 in February.

Putting the ‘fun’ in phonetics

I took my son Miles to get his hair cut this past weekend. Miles’ barber has recently moved into a new salon down the road. The new spot is inside a larger salon called Phenix Salon Suites, a national chain of salons.

I Was a Thirty-Something Vanna

I learned several things over the weekend as I attended the joint North & East Texas Press Association/West Texas Press Association conventions: how valuable it is to share information with peers, how good it feels to do normal things and that I make a pretty good ‘Vanna.