Use short sentences…
Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. Never use old slang. Eliminate every superfluous word. (Kansas City Star rules for writing) / (The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City,… More »

![IMAGE: I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living. [There is no real difference between work and play - it's all living.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/life-2418344_640-200x128.jpg)




![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)



![IMAGE: Fish and guests stink after three days. [Fish and company stink in three days.] / The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fish-3646477_640_stranger-2861954_640-100x75.jpg)

