In other words, Part II

I received a fortune in a terrible Chinese restaurant - more on that next post - that read "You will inherit money or a small piece of land." In other words, one of my family members is going to die.

In other words, Part I

Today we introduce "In other words", a new feature at NoM that will probably only occur this once. In it, taking wordings used in various published media and find less ridiculous ways of putting them. It's possible, but not certain, that it was inspired by a colleague of mine who suggested that Metric's song "Patriarch on a Vespa" should be retitled "My Dad Rides a Scooter".

In any event, today's edition looks at a sentence written by the Calgary Herald's Renata D'Aliesio, in this article: "Stelmach is the first premier from the Edmonton area since Don Getty." While that's true, wouldn't a better wording have been "Ralph Klein wasn't from the Edmonton area"?