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22 YEARS LATER

Posted on September 11, 2023May 29, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Twenty-two years on, one scar’s still tender to the touch: the failure of our intelligence agencies and leadership to prevent an attack anyone could have seen coming (and many did, including me).

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Posted in Consumerism, History, Personal, Social Media, Terrorism, War, WordsTagged BigSeikoLittleDick, BojinkaPlot, BTVS, Metaplasmus, NineEleven, TimeHealsMostly2 Comments on 22 YEARS LATER

Sunday Bag o’ Dyslexic Orange Wreckage

Posted on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023 by Paul Woodford

My dyslexia is not the normal kind.

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Posted in Flying, History, Military, Personal, The Internets, WordsTagged AlaskaFlyingMemories, BushPilots, HistorialDyslexia, InternationalOrange, LiveInMiddleAgedDaughterUpdate3 Comments on Sunday Bag o’ Dyslexic Orange Wreckage

The Singular They … Again

Posted on August 15, 2023April 4, 2025 by Paul Woodford

I think in the future we’ll look back on this era of pronoun experimentation with embarrassment.

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Posted in Personal, WordsTagged #EnglishAsSheIsSpoke, #Pronouns4 Comments on The Singular They … Again

SA In the Shiggy

Posted on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 by Paul Woodford

This morning I looked up shiggy in the Urban Dictionary. Turns out I was pretty close.

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Posted in Consumerism, Critters, Flying, Hash House Harriers, Local Color, Personal, Photoblogging, Products, Social Media, WordsTagged #BigSeikoLittleDick, MyLinguisticMission, SituationalAwareness, StrappingItOn1 Comment on SA In the Shiggy

Rez Dogs & Modders & Women, Oh My!

Posted on March 23, 2023April 1, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Poor Anthony … all he wants to do is roll around on the floor with his pals!

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Posted in Consumerism, Critters, Military, Personal, WordsTagged bewarethemodders, BigSeikoLittleDick, missionaccomplished, ourgreedydentist, thesociallivesofdogs, thewomengodblessthem1 Comment on Rez Dogs & Modders & Women, Oh My!

You Can’t Read That: Sensitivity Readers, Beware

Posted on March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 by Paul Woodford

You know what I meant by Church Lady, right?

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Posted in Banned Books, Books, Culture Wars, Personal, Words1 Comment on You Can’t Read That: Sensitivity Readers, Beware

I, Robot

Posted on February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Until today, I assumed any college prof or magazine editor would be able to spot AI-generated material from a mile away.

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Posted in Current Events, The Internets, WordsTagged CelebratingSobrietyWithHal9000, ChatGPT, NeedSomeHelpWritingThat?2 Comments on I, Robot

Fox Two, Pop One

Posted on February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The F-22 Raptor, originally meant to replace the F-15 Eagle, has finally scored an air-to-air kill.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Current Events, Flying, Military, Personal, WordsTagged APStylebook, FourMoreBalloonsAndYoureAnAce, HowDoYouSpellBalloonAnyway, LanguagePolice, Othering, RaptorGetsAKill6 Comments on Fox Two, Pop One

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