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A constant struggle

My mental glitch: hay vs. straw. I do this all the time.

All things being equal, I’d go with self-propelled over self-aware.

So, whilst cruising craigslist for livestock, I came across the following ad for a Purebred Delaware Rooster. Being me , I misread the ad, first interpreting it as an ad for a “Self-propelled Delaware Rooster” and the for a “Purebred, Self-aware Rooster.” It could just be the Battlestar Galactica talking, but I do *not* [...]

On figures of speech.

(It’s the first post to a new blog. Of course it sucks. It breaks the ice like an ice fisherman who tries to stretch the season too long.)

There are a lot of figures of speech that, when living on a farm, turn out to be more literal than not. Cases in point:

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A constant struggle

All things being equal, I’d go with self-propelled over self-aware.

On figures of speech.

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