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A Speling Eror

Segways. By Source: aleehk82 [1]Derivative work: 丁 (talk) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/aleehk82/3144281707/, CC BY 2.0, Link

This is a “Segway.” It is, I am told, a self-balancing personal transporter.

A segue

This is a segue. It is a thing that happens in music, where you transition seamlessly from one thing to another.

Let’s just repeat that so it’s totally clear.

Segways. Attribution, Link

Segways, the personal transporter.

A segue, the transition from one thing to another.

Are we all clear now?

Another Day, Another Breathtakingly Expensive Apartment

It’s apartment season in Boston and we are looking to move — Kneeland Street is getting us down, at least partly because of the incessant Boston-style honking.

(See this excellent video if you want to understand the phenomenon fully…)

But this is not about honking — it’s about me somehow missing the moment when it became acceptable to pay more than $5,000 a month in rent for a modest 1 bedroom plus office apartment.

At least we’re not buying…

Things You Hear Around Airplanes

  • This announcement will serve as your final boarding call… (Why “Serve as?” Is the actual final boarding call on a bathroom break?)
  • The flight attendants will be passing through the cabin… (I hope somebody opens the door for them first or it will be a very messy business.)
  • Please place your carrion items in the overhead compartment… (Yes, please do, before they draw flies.)

… And so many others. I love to take a step back and listen to the “routine announcements” as though I had never heard them before. It’s amazing how funny they are.