Paul Dickson
Paul Dickson
Paul Dicksonis a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects, including baseball and the military...
comfort die great turning
The great comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.
call
Why is he called the shortstop? Why do they call it a bunt?
tunnels light odds
The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
funny-life airplane law
Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.
simplicity unreliability complexity
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
ties soup clean
A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
problem accuracy knows
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.
answers admonition asks
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.
success example used
No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example.