Monday, July 30, 2007

In Competence

From a story in today's Tucson Citizen about community health clinics and care for the Hispanic population.

"Many of our staff are Hispanic, so it brings the culture," said El Rio's chief clinical officer, Dr. Arthur Martinez. "We have to be culturally confident."

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Weak Need

From the ESPN online site story today about Randy Johnson undergoing season-ending back surgery.

Says Randy: "When I bend over, my hamstring with the nerve in there just feels like it's on fire. To do that repeated times makes my leg week."

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Lowdown

Spotted on a Tucson home for sale sign:

PRICED REDUCED

Papa's Got A Brand New Bad

From the New York Times Website story today about a periodic report on key economic indicators...

"The demand for big-ticket items was a mixed bad, which reflects the state of the economy," said Joel Naroff, president and chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pa.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Reflexive and Redundant

On today's broadcast of Public Radio International's Here and Now program, the guest host asked musician Glenn Kurtz if he "had self-selected himself." It's not the first time I've heard--or read--that reflexive redundancy.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Good Gotcha

There's something fishy about this article link from the San Francisco Chronicle's Food/Dining home page this week...

Armchair Italy
Two new Italian cookbooks explore the heart and sole of Italy.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Chimney Cricket

From today's Weather Channel Web wrapup of regional weather...

Elsewhere in the West, scattered or isolated thunderstorms, mainly of the afternoon and evening variety, will chimney up over the Rockies.

Food Faux Pas

Exactly one year later, this same reviewer makes a miscue again in the July 24 edition of the New Yorker's Tables for Two, describing a dish with sweet "carmellized onions." Where are the vaunted fact/spell checkers?

Hey, Good Looking

An eagle-eyed friend alerted me to this miscue in the paragon of style and grammar, the New Yorker. A review in the July 23,2006 Tables for Two column waxed poetic about a Brooklyn dining spot's desserts, including a "complimentary helping of flourless chocolate cake."

Monday, July 16, 2007

Rachet Squad

A headline in online edition of the Los Angeles Times's health section today reads:
SQUASH IS RACKETING UP A LOT OF INTEREST.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

A FEW WORDS

FLARE FOR LANGUAGE
One of the most prolific misuses of words is flare for flair. I first noticed this in a press release from a resort hotel several years ago, but now see it regularly.

REIGN CLOUD
A friend and writing colleague was alarmed at the use of reign instead of rein in a health policy professional’s treatise about controlling costs.

I SOAR IT
A recent MLS listing for a home in the Tucson area market boasts the abode’s soring ceilings.