Month: February 2023

I’m doing a bit of “reblogging” here, because some things continue to be used too frequently – to the point that if we hear them again, something inside us is likely to snap. Do you have some buzzwords that cause you to roll your eyes when somebody says them?  I’m sure that everyone does – words and phrases that they find running the gamut from mildly amusing the first few times we hear them to the unspeakably tiresome with each utterance.  Often, it’s just the overuse of bits and pieces of language that cause our blood pressure to spike. Here are some that have embedded themselves in the culture, and it’s going to take some time and effort to snuff them out going forward.  

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Once again, we’re entering that exciting season when tax returns are filed and we’re either eager or filled with dread at what they’ll tell us. It’s a yearly odyssey. Remember that slight edge that everyone felt back in January when the tax forms and information started to roll in?  I think I’m covered, but maybe not. Taxpayers are divided into two categories – those that typically are getting a refund, so the savings account will get a bump or that new refrigerator seems possible – please issue that refund before the Presidents Day Sale, and those that will owe money, and thus will be standing on tiptoes on the cliff of the April filing deadline.  

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