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The wild and reckless use of the word “miracles” in modern journalism raises my hackles. I hear it all the time. The operation was successful. A miracle! One of the miners survived the mine collapse. A miracle! A beautiful sunny day after a lot of rain. A miracle! Modern journalistic usage (and popular parlance) seem to have redefined miracle as “Anything that happened that we had previously convinced ourselves was unlikely to happen.” © 2008 Edward F. Gumnick I ran across the following quotation in May, and it’s been on my mind ever since. How much work (or play) will it take to live up to this standard?
—James Michener
To anyone who’s been reading this blog, my apologies for the long lapse since the last posting. In mid-April, I made the decision to sell my house, and I’ve been working like a madman ever since to move and get the house ready to go on the market. Please stay tuned! I’ll have much to say when this project is over. February 6, 2006 Silly human constructs in which I have either lost my faith or never believed at all:
A few other sites to satisfy your curiosity about me (if you have any):
© 2007 Edward F. Gumnick I’ve changed the settings for the blog so that you no longer have to be a registered user to comment on articles. I don’t know if that requirement was holding anyone back, but it seemed to be an unnecessary restriction. |
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