Pac Man 30th Anniversary

PacMan's 30th anniversary today. Miss standing in line, waiting to play PacMan at the arcade. Put the quarter up on top of the video machine and keep an eye on it. Needed to make sure no one cut in front or took the quarter. For us younger guys, it was always a little precarious, getting into the action amidst the middle-schoolers and Jr. High'ers.

Linguistic Efficiency

A roommate of mine doesn't pronounce every part of three syllable words. Think about it. The time we could save by axing that third syllable. Linguistic efficiency. For example, why say a whole word like 'computer' when you can just shorten it to "-puter"? Is my roommate an excentric Cosmo Kramer? Brian Reagan? No. He's five years old. But, I still think he's on to something worth considering in the English language.