Air-Minded: Air-Manned
The Federal Aviation Administration may ditch the word “airman.” One has to wonder how long it’ll be before the U.S. Air Force follows suit.
"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought – George Orwell
The Federal Aviation Administration may ditch the word “airman.” One has to wonder how long it’ll be before the U.S. Air Force follows suit.
Too bad all my correspondents aren’t hashers, where the perfect sign-off is always a simple “On On.”
We’ll get to the nonbinaryness, never fear. Just bear with me for now. Donna’s sewing retreat is next week and she’s swamped with last-minute organizational details and changes. On top of that, she’s squeezing in a quick flight to Las Vegas to attend our grandson’s high school graduation. I’m sitting it out at home in […]
“Pits, tits, and naughty bits”
Donna and I watched President Biden’s SOTU-by-another-name speech last night.
Rex Tillerson (remember him?) once took a cognitive test. They asked him to correctly characterize Donald Trump after spending five minutes in the same room with him. He passed with flying colors. The doctors, they were amazed. Some of them are still crying.
I’m in my 70s now, and when I write the only organization I represent is me, so I reckon I can be a curmudgeon and disagree with the AP Stylebook on a point or two.
Maybe one of the reasons I love science fiction as much as I do is the presentation of worlds, especially on the screen, where people of all ethnicities, races, and genders live and work together and no one gives it even the slightest thought.