Just Food, Dogs and Words, Seriously That’s It.

Why is “into” a word?

It really shouldn’t be a word. And not for why you think.

If you research (Google) it, you’ll find some pretty good Dan Jackson phraseology for why it is a word, but the truth is, if you read between the lines, it really shouldn’t be.

The English language is so purposefully difficult, and yet we as users, just make it more complicated by making words out of smaller words, for no apparent reason, except of course because we’re lazy.

Into, as opposed to using the two separate words, in and to, is a preposition. And as any of us from Mr. Sputt Garnett’s English classes know, you must “shoot” the preposition!

Most of the time, you should eliminate the prepositional phrases, because too many of them obfuscates the sentence meaning.

Now I will tell you, in writing that last sentence, I had to go back in and eliminate prepositions. To do so I also had to use the word obfuscate. I’m not even sure I used it correctly.

No surprise here, I use them all the time. I stink at it. I am not a great learner.

So that’s the deal with into. If you ever find yourself writing it, you probably don’t need it. You could probably have a better sentence without it.

Last week I wrote about dogs and big sticks. It was riveting journalism. I received so many cards and letters.

This week I want to write about dogs stopping in their tracks to smell something in the yard.

Man, look at all those unnecessary prepositional phrases! I’m a hack!

However, back to the dog. I was driving down the street the other day, and I came upon this dog, sniffing around in someone’s front yard.

I could tell it wasn’t his yard, because he looked at me like he’d been caught hitting the crack pipe!

And he wasn’t just sniffing. He was locked in, specifically to one spot.

Dogs. Wow, dogs are weird. That’s it.

I don’t know why I thought that hilarious or even why I thought I should share with you, but hey you know, Russians are bombing a European country, American pro golfers are signing up with brutal Middle East regimes, and Black folks, compared to whites, are still being search, seized, assaulted and arrested at exponential rates.

So I apologize, but I needed to take a little break and just breathe, muse and find a reason to laugh.

Here’s a hint for you. You know LL’s Bar and Grill has won the Best Cheeseburger award forever, but did you know about their wings? Louis has about a million different choices of wings, but I want you to check this flavor out: Old Bay seasoned wings!

They are delicious. They are unique. And it’s a special recipe. You taste the Old Bay, but as anyone who has tried to get creative with this unique seasoning, it doesn’t always work. In this case, they’ve got it perfect!

Speaking of chicken, if you get a chance you might call in an order to 2Twenty2, found on Facebook, for some really good jerk chicken, stewed cabbage and shrimp curry. They are just getting started so don’t swamp them. And be patient if it takes longer than expected. It’s not easy starting a new restaurant in Paris, TN. But I can tell you, it’s delicious.

And here’s one for you if you’re out of town. Now to be clear, I haven’t had this myself, but it’s getting good reviews down in Humboldt! You should check out the La Catrina Restaurant and have a taste of the beef tongue sandwich.

Yep. Beef tongue. You heard it here first.