I continue to pay attention to oxymorons I find in the various media. Here are this week’s top five: cool passion unbiased opinion plastic silverware random order virtual reality I don’t know if I should be grateful to the media for supplying me with such a fertile field of oxymorons or resentful that they do not set a better example....

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I Cani d’Italia, E I Gatto Troppo The dogs of Italy, and the cats too As my adventure in Italy comes to an end and I reflect on all I have seen and done, I wonder what my favorite part of my trip was. The ancient walls that still surround Lucca? The lardo di Colonnata? Da Vinci’s Last Supper? The leather boots in Milan? While I have loved all of it (except the lardo!), as I start to pack I realize without reservation my favorite part of Italy is I cani d’italia, e i gatto troppo The dogs of Italy, and the cats too I’ve explored Toscana (Florence, Firenze, Lucca, Carrara, Colonatta, Pisa), Emilia-Romagna (Bologna) and Lombardia (Milan). Dogs were everywhere. And I am not talking about scrawny strays scrapping for food. I am referring to healthy, leashed dogs of all shapes and sizes wearing coats and happily trotting next to their people. And in the parks, dogs jogged next to their owners, occasionally chasing a bird but then quickly ret......

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I skipped posting my list last week since I was away in Michigan on vacation. Here is my list for this week. All come from newspaper articles I read these past two weeks: a definite maybe seriously funny clearly misunderstood extinct life minor catastrophe The nice thing about posting oxymorons is that there seems to be no end to the listings. All you have to do is keep your ears open and your reading eyes alert....

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