Published in the Sonora Union Democrat, Dec. 5, 2011. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Mohandas Gandhi Becoming a Tuolumne County supervisor is not unlike putting on a jacket. I put it on full of dreams to build a better future for our children. Now, four [...]
Once again (in case you forgot!), a paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe the first part. This will be it for paraprosdokians on this blog. They were fun while they lasted. “I don’t smoke, [...]
Couldn’t have said it any better myself. This is from Public CEO, “a local government news site dedicated to providing a statewide perspective on California’s cities, counties and special districts”. Note To The Legislature: We Are All Ashamed Written by James Spencer September 22, 2010 I’m going to make this over-simplified and to the point. [...]
Just on the chance that you, like I, have had a long week, here’s something else to think about. My friend Fred sent these and I found myself laughing in spite of the week I’ve had. Enjoy yourself. We’ll get back on track with more dots soon, I promise! Paraprosdokian A paraprosdokian (from Greek “παρα-”, meaning “beyond” [...]
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