MALICIOUS ADVENTURES by Steven Steinbock As with last week’s column, I’ve written this Bandersnatch dispatch long in advance of publication. Last week I was preoccupied with Sam’s Bar Mitzvah. No sooner had the last guests been sent on their way, I packed myself off to the Edgars. (The preceding sentences was written before any of […]

BAR MITZVAH BLISS by Steven Steinbock I’m writing this a whole week early, having just finished writing my April 16 column, since this column gets posted on the day before my son Sam’s Bar Mitzvah. He’ll do great. He is a man of many words. A chip off the old block. Back Formations Two weeks […]

OF GAMUTS AND GOBBLEDYGOOK AND TILTED TONGUES by Steven Steinbock I was overwhelmed with all the discussion that took place in the comment section of last week’s Bandersnatches. Comments ran the gamut from euphemized swear words to pronunciation pet peeves. Jeff Baker rightly pointed out that the expression gobbledygook is connected to the word maverick, […]

OH SNAP! by Steven Steinbock Continuing on last week’s column about words, as well as Rob’s slinky column from Wednesday, I have a few more words about words to share with you. The first one defies logic. My thirteen year-old has been using it relentlessly and I only recently learned that its usage goes beyond […]

FEELING WORDY by Steven Steinbock It’s been a long time since I’ve bored – er, entertained you on the subject words. At least it’s been a long time for me. Then again, six days is, for me, a long time to go without jabbering on about words. Plus, this being the day after April Fools […]

KINDLE THIS by Steven Steinbock I’m not an advocate of e-books. I don’t own a Kindle or a Sony e-Reader. I may one day. It’s hard to tell. But I haven’t gone down that road. I have an antique iPaq – a pocket PC device that’s a little bigger than an iPhone (which I also […]

HYPERBOLE KILLS by Steven Steinbock This past Monday I fell victim to a series of unpleasantries. After a delightful Left Coast Crime Convention in Los Angeles, I had a painless five-hour flight to the East Coast. Then, my two-hour layover at Newark Liberty International Airport turned into a nine-hour headache. Continental Airlines, it seems, lost […]