English is SUCH a Weird (yet wonderful) Language

Contradictions

I’m going to “bolt” something down and then run away- to have some “custom” work done because it’s common practice, then I’m going to “dust” a cake with powdered sugar and then dust the stray bits off the counter top and I’m going to do it “fast” while I make the cake stable in its carrier all the while not eating. I was told it was “fine” which didn’t really tell me anything at all!- was it truly fine -or was it simply “good enough”? Hmmm…I would have “garnished” the cake but I was afraid that it’d take away my wages if I didn’t do a good enough job…I “left” understanding that I may remain or depart, this is of course something that I want to have “oversight” of without taking into the possibility that I might fail; it might be an oversight, so I’ll have to be careful, knowing that “consulting” can go BOTH ways…The same with a “bill”…I can bill you for my work, or bills as in payment, not to mention “Birds” and “bills” at all…

And, finally,I’m going to go buy some fast food but I’m gonna eat it real slow.

About Zaslow Crane

Zaslow Crane wrote his first Science fiction story when he was 11 This was after an uncle had given him a Charmin case full of sci fi paperbacks- all the old masters: A.E.Van Vogt, Cordwainer Smith, Heinlen, Bradbury, and dozens more. After that, he never looked back. Zaslow Crane has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers over many years, and has been a contributing editor for a national magazine. He has been published a couple hundred times for non fiction. Regarding fiction, he writes primarily SciFi and was one of the creative talents behind Smoke and Mirrors, a parsec nominated podcast that "re-imagined" the Twilight Zone and, which ran for 2 1/2 years. He has written over two hundred short stories, 7 or 8 novellas and two novels, one of which "explains" a great many advancements in human technology. He likes mindless sort of work, because it frees that other part of his brain to work on story ideas, so if you see him, say, digging a ditch, you'll know that he’s really writing. He lives in a tiny house on a hill in Central California. His home overlooks the ocean - IF you're willing to stand on tip toes and crane your neck. Just a bit.