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I hereby resolve..   It's that time of year when I ask myself what I can do better next year.   HUH? What's up with that ?  According to The History Channel, ancient Babylonians were the first civilization to practice what we call New Year's Resolutions.   They were also the first to celebrate the new year, although back then it was held in mid-March, which coincided with the planting of new crops.    Early resolutions were religious promises to the gods that they would be loyal to their new king and that they would pay all debts. Some of us may even observe close to the same resolutions today.  However, unlike early civilizations, almost all of our declarations are secular.   We tend to make promises to ourselves to improve a habit or characteristic seen as faulty.  Once again, count me in as one of the 46% of Americans who will commit to promising to alter my lifestyle. But, resolutions are almost tedious and sound like a ...
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Malarkey and then some   HUH? What's up with that ? is a way to express my disbelief at how older people are often times treated by younger citizens.  It's also a phrase I use when I can't believe what was just said or don't want to believe my own eyes.  In other words, it's fun to laugh at some of the absurdities of life.  There are so many times senior citizens are laughed at because of old-school language or choice of words.  Such is the case of our former vice president.       Joe Biden has begun his latest campaign tour in a bus with his campaign slogan #NoMalarkey .  It didn't take long for pundits, comedians, and critics to make fun of the politician because of his choice of words.  Why?  Probably lots of reasons, but one of the main ones is that no one under the age of 50 would ever use the word malarkey !   The Oxford English Dictionary says malarkey was first used in 1929 and could be Irish...