Stewardess: "Chicken or pasta?"
Dr. M.: "Which do you recommend, Madam?"
Stewardess: "It's airline food. They both taste exactly the same."
Dr. M.: "I'll try the chicken."
Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).
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Stewardess: "Chicken or pasta?"
Dr. M.: "Which do you recommend, Madam?"
Stewardess: "It's airline food. They both taste exactly the same."
Dr. M.: "I'll try the chicken."
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