Opinion (other) Ambiguity: A sentence that can be taken two ways Ambiguity: Bass Ambiguity: Headline kills more Ambiguity: Triple sign in Cleveland Ambiguity: Your money is no good here Anachronisms: Dialing, choo-choos, sets Announcing the train's next stop Antecedents are important on radio; don't keep repeating a pronoun Arial  rn  looks like  m Ball Timmory!  That's how to pronounce Maryland's largest city Berries bursting in air Birds: A conversation with a sparrow Bird behaviors change over time Bird Island, a fantasy Blue moons are like shortstops Branding and corporate passwords Bread can last weeks, not just days Buying a DVR recorder, monitor, and camera Cat communication Changing cliches Check your pockets! Children are the source of unhappiness Children's misfortunes bring tears to some people's eyes Children:  who will take them in if we both die??? Clarifications:  pairs of people with similar names Clock, though broken, is correct three times a day Closed captioning has an English-only policy? Computer keyboards need a Shift Lock Computer monitors should be lower Cooler weather is back, much to my relief Crossword puzzle solutions yield clever rhymes CW means Country & Western to me Denver's not on a mountain, Pittsburgh's not on a coast Discarding old magazines Divorces are down because marriages are down Driving: Aggressive drivers use their brakes a lot Driving: Don't merge until it's time Driving: Looking a car in the face Driving: My car changes colors Driving: Stay in your own lane on turns Driving: This car observes the speed limit Early to rise Enroughty's family name Explanations vs excuses “First annual” vs the grammar police Full moon:  cause of lunatic activity? Funds dedicated to specific uses?  Only in the public sector Highways always under reconstruction need a third roadway Holding it in, despite the mean widdle kid's tantrums Halloween extortion or "tricks":  a brief history Humpty Dumpty: Why an egg? Initials define names in my mind Internet from home replaces local newspapers "J.J. Doe" = John Lee Doe, Junior Keep this party a secret! Longest word in the dictionary Magazine issues appear two months ahead of the cover date Meaning of "passive-aggressive" Meaning of "Toledo blade" Men are a minority Mental health: no one's perfect Morse-code-flashing skyscraper misspells Pittsburgh Most recognizable brand in media? Newspapers are becoming an infrequent purchase News stories should use boldface for names New York gets too much love from outsiders Nobody goes there?  Nobody among your friends, you mean Ohio is shaped like the USA Pepper as a seasoning for fruit and nuts Pinking shears Pogo memories:  Friday the 13th, Li'l Awry Preference for round numbers ending in zero Preflight checklist Pronouncable corporate names Pronouncable corporate names, part two Pun from Greenland, 986 A.D. Quote the speaker only after identifying him Ralph Fiennes, real quick! Restaurants:  too slow, or fast, or slow "Rubberneckers" are just driving safely Sandwiches don't have to be stacked so high Shredding:  I avoid it for documents, and memories Sign language misconstrued Smelling flavors Snow songs aren't just for December Sometimes you have to accept the "unacceptable" Spinning class Stressing words when reading aloud "That" can't always be omitted Timing precisely when I fall asleep Troopers' chinstraps Tucson or Tuscon? Tweeting each other:  Millennials do it, Boomers like me don't Twenty-two years go by quickly Vacuum contains three syllables Virgin olive oil?  Extra virgin?  What does that mean? Wallet full, mouth shut W.C. Fields:  Go away, kids; you bother the ecosystem Website gets new look for 2007 Website serves as my database What you want:  you can't always get it, kid! Which line are you in? Whoo's there?  Whoo's there?  If not understood, use different words  Worst woman's disease Yukon Huskies, Don Francisco:  their real names