7 words to add to your vocabulary
Here are seven words the website Grammary says have been added to the Merriam Webster Dictionary. All are from Internet jargon. See if you either understand them or have ever used them. Hangry adjective; What it means: The feeling of anger or irritability you get when you’re hungry. Where it comes from: Although the Internet […]
PETA official takes issue with column
Re: “PETA: Does a Bavarian spit in the Black Forest?” (Dec. 15), the issue with using anti-animal idioms such as “bring home the bacon” and “kill two birds with one stone” is not that animals are offended by such expressions, but that the language we use to talk about animals reflects and reinforces our attitudes […]
Sheriff’s Office, Camarena spread holiday cheer
On the afternoon of Dec. 11, Camarena Health CEO Paulo Soares and director of programs and business development Nichole Mosqueda joined MCSO POP Team members Deputy Ike Chambers and Probation Officer Flora Munoz, as well as Patrol Corporal Ian Weaver, to spread some holiday cheer. During routine patrol contacts, Camarena Health donated various gifts, including […]
If a light is lit, darkness wanes
Sunday at church, all that was said and all that was sung was shadowed by one line. “If a light is lit in the darkness, it can no longer be called darkness.” Christmas is the light. Merry Christmas to all. Light a light. Attend a church. See the light. — Bill Hoffrage, Madera
Shootout at Club Saloon
The Club Saloon on Yosemite Avenue saw its share of rowdy behavior in Madera’s early days. Fist fights and brawls were fairly common at this local watering hole, but for the most part these donnybrooks took place at night. Seldom was the peace disturbed in the afternoon, and when it was, it rarely resulted in […]
Be good to yourself
We often think that unselfishness means sacrificing our own needs for the needs of others, that the time we have chosen to relax is a selfish act. In fact, we need to spend some time in peaceful rest, appreciating the blessings that God has given us to enjoy. The world today is fast-paced, and if […]