A linguistic irritant XLV

Can we all please agree that the phrase, "Ta-da," has no place outside of a magic show or a circus?  Thank you.

Welcome to "Point Reinforced..."

If Rosie and Sammy had participated in the former "60 Minutes" feature, "Point/Counterpoint," I could have imagined Sammy saying, "Sis will take the following view on an issue, and I will agree with her, at her behest." 

March 2004: Rosie, looking resolute near Sammy.

March 2004: Rosie, looking at Sammy as if to say, "You agree with me, right?"

A photo op or not?

Two cats, two different choices...One looks at the camera, while another continues his study of the wall:

Neither choice is better than the other.  In July 2003, the intricacy of the wall fascinated Sammy, while Rosie saw the camera and treated the moment as a photo op.

The labored effort of rising from a chair

I've come to realize, in middle age, how I often utter gibberish syllables when getting up from a sofa or chair or reaching down to pick something up.  One recent day, while picking up a pen I'd dropped, I'm pretty sure I said, "Neef! Noff! Snorf!"

I wonder if the composer of "Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-ah!"' had such an experience before crafting that song for "The Jetsons."

Finishing the sentence XCV

More responses to one of my unfinished sentences from January 1993:

The key to a stress-free life is...

...no coats or ties. (Chip C.)

...locking yourself in a padded cell with no outside stimuli. (Laura W.)

...ownership and skill with firearms. (Cathy N.)

A linguistic irritant XLIV

I'm pleased that I haven't heard anyone abbreviate pizza by saying, "za," in several years.  Thank you.  Why did anyone ever shorten it that way in the first place, though?

Let Judge Sammy eat first, and...

...let him rest his head on his brush/gavel.  Then, he might be in a more receptive mood to hear cases:

2015: Sammy, attempting to relax with his head on his brush/gavel.