It was easy add his the new merit badge to his uniform because the patch had a hot seal backing.

This has been the high point of my life.

The sky was what is called a mackerel sky, rows and rows of faint down-plumes of cloud, just tinted with the midsummer sunset.

English has no word for the constant, repetitive reiteration of strong priors. Yet it is a well-known phenomenon in the world of punditry, debate, and public affairs. On Twitter, we call it derp.]