I had this idea a few years ago after I left healthcare to write a book about my experience working as a receptionist and office manager. Over the course of the almost four years I languished in healthcare, I completely transformed as a person from someone who genuinely loved her fellow human, believed there was… Continue reading The Receptionist Is A Bitch: In Which I Am White
Tag: language
The Sportball We
I love language. The trivialities of linguistics, the odd words we use, how simple semantics can change entire meanings, dialects, colloquialisms: it's all awesome (except, I admit, there are some accents that I hate, but that's a whole other thing). English is remarkably complex and word-wealthy, borrowing from so many other languages and spreading across… Continue reading The Sportball We
Figure of Speech: Paradiastole
My favorite euphemism was born one fine Sunday afternoon when a Jehovah's Witness came proselytizing at our door. Husband answered, intending to politely explain we were already zealously devoted to the Dark Lord, when the good Witness spotted one of our cats, Bartholomew. When Husband saw the man's eyes fall onto and then expand at… Continue reading Figure of Speech: Paradiastole
A.K. Caggiano 