June 24, 2010 by vortmax.

Ever since I finally learned Facebook, I’ve pretty much forgotten about my blog.  Then again, I’ve pretty much forgotten about writing stuff on Facebook, too.  The bottom line is I’ve had precious little time to share my life with the outside world, and instead chose to share it with those I thought closest to me.  I do so through phone, AIM, and a little Facebook, and I find that’s enough for me.I got into Blogging solely because it was “the thing to do.”  However, 1and1’s implementation of the WordPress blog software isn’t easy to use, especially in Safari (this is a new paragraph, but Wordpress doesn’t recognize the line break; and I intentionally didn’t go into the “code” tab to edit it so you can see what happens).  So, Vorticity Advection in this form is unlikely to continue.I’ve since gotten a MobileMe account (actually my wife got a family version), and will probably start blogging there as it’s dirt simple to use iWeb and share via MobileMe.  I’ll post here when/if that goes live.Hasta pasta.

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February 25, 2010 by vortmax.

We always hear about colloquialisms that enter everyday conversations.  Back in the 80’s, it was “valley girl speak” of “like… you know” and “Oh… my gawd!”   We then heard the over-use of “essentially.”

That has now evolved into my new pet peeve: “Basically.”

That is the new overused word in the American conversation.  While the speaker may intend to use it as a simplification of a point, it is often used as a “filler” to make the speaker seem smarter than they actually are.  More often than not, it makes the listener feel more inadequate, or it makes the speaker appear arrogant about their own intelligence.

So, I beg of each and every one of you:  do not use “basically” when you are trying to describe something.  Use “I believe” instead, because that’s what you are… basically… expressing.

GAH!

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