I woke this morning to the temperature gauge reading -19. Every winter I ask myself "why do I live here"? I guess I get my answer every time I watch the news. It seems that all of the states around us have their issues that are a little bit more challenging than ours.
"Challenging", funny word, it started out as a positive spin on something that was difficult to get through and now the corporations have reduced to nothing more than a ridiculous word. We hear challenging all to often these days. Why couldn't they leave that word alone? It's hard to find words today in the English language that have been untouched by modern events. It seems that the majority of words have a modern twist such as "shut up". How did that become "you've got to be kidding me?" I guess what I am trying to get at is to please find another word other than challenging. Most of those in the corporate world that use this word have no clue what challenging means. Don't desecrate that fine word, find something else to use like ridiculous.
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