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I am a verbivore, I'm someone who metaphorically eats words. I am a wordstruck, word fixated, word obsessed, totally shameless verbivore. Carnivores enjoy meat; herbivores chomp through plants; verbivores devour words. I'm just such a creature.

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Confessions of a Verbivore

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 1M ago

Remembering Harry

http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://jargontalk.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/remembering-harry/ Author Harry Crews is no longer with us. He was an outspoken fellow former Marine, a teacher, a literary mentor to me, and yes, an occasional drinking buddy in Gainesville during my college d

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 2M ago

Cold-call Scammers… they’re at it again

http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://jargontalk.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/cold-call-scammers-theyre-at-it-again/ Sometimes even the best anti-virus and anti-spam solutions don’t help. It happened a few days ago, in the early afternoon. A friend and I were both working on separate co

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 5M ago

Have a Wonderful 2011 Holiday!

http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://jargontalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/have-a-wonderful-2011-holiday/ Wishing you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Afrikaans – Geseende Kerfees en ‘n gelukkige nuwe jaar Albanian – Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri! Aleut – Kamgan Ukudigaa Alsat

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 5M ago

Merry Christmas, My Friend

http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://jargontalk.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/merry-christmas-my-friend/ A poem by LCpl James M. Schmidt, USMC, 1986 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone. I had come down the chimney, with pre

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 6M ago

Dad

There are golfers in this world who enjoy the game. There are others who suffer through each swing, hoping that the next will be better. Then there are some to whom golf is a true lifetime dedication, who continue to hone their skills over the years, always striving for perfection. Golf is not, on t

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 8M ago

A 9/11 Tribute to LTJG Darin H. Pontell, USN

When Darin Pontell was 14, he decided that he would join the Navy. His older brother Steven was a Navy pilot, and he was killed in a crash on the USS Lexington off Pensacola, Florida in 1989. "When that happened, Darin mentioned that he’d like to pick up where his brother Steven left off, to [...]

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 1Y ago

Didn’t We…

A Tramp Shining was a Grammy-nominated album, released in 1968. Richard Harris teamed with legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb for this album. Although Richard Harris sang many numbers on the soundtrack album to the film musical Camelot in the previous year, A Tramp Shining became his first solo

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 1Y ago

Black Hats vs White Hats

Who are the good guys and the bad guys these days? There was a time not that many years ago in America when if you were watching cowboy shows or movies on television, you could always tell the difference between the bad guys and the good guys. Everyone knew that the bad guys always wore [...]

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 2Y ago

Musings of a Verbivore

I am a verbivore. I’m someone who metaphorically eats words. I am a word-struck, word-fixated, word-obsessed, totally shameless verbivore. Carnivores eat meat; herbivores chomp through vegetables and plants; verbivores devour words. I’m just such a creature. I indulge myself words, ogling over thei

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Confessions of a Verbivore · 2Y ago

It’s about time!

I’ve been on WordPress for some months now, reading the posts and journals of others, just like a lurker, and haven’t posted a single thing here. A monkey at a typewriter could do better, so maybe I should get moving and post something. It would be better to be typing the lyrics to a nonsense-verse

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