Point Taken

A good start for the new year would be to stop using some of the hackneyed phrases that have been floating around, like these:

• Surreal
• Hunker down
• Person of interest
• Community of learners
• Up-or-down vote
• Breaking news
• Designer breed
• FEMA
• First-time caller
• Pass the savings on to you!
• 97 percent fat-free
• An accident that didn't have to happen
• Junk science
• Git-r-done
• Dawg
• Talking points
• Holiday tree

Some of these seem useful, but most are ready to dissapear. My first New Year's resolution . . .