{"id":381,"date":"2012-03-06T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T23:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2013-07-07T15:10:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T20:10:35","slug":"conjunction-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Conjunction Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just reread a couple of my recent posts and realized that I use the conjunction \u2018but\u2019 in quite a few of my sentences. It puzzled me why I write this way and I came up with several reasons to explain it. I might be trying to convey an opposing view, or maybe I\u2019m not sure about my point, or I could just like the way the sentence sounds. I\u2019m not sure exactly why I do it, but I don\u2019t think I can stop.<\/p>\n

Everyone is probably wondering where I\u2019m living. The last information I posted hinted of staying in a motel, getting a room at the YMCA, or just living in my van. One by one I ruled these out on the grounds that they were too expensive, too far away, or invited uncleanness. Even though the Y was up in Niagara Falls, I probably would have stayed there. Unfortunately, when I went back to check on rooms, they had rented the last one. I was stuck. I resigned myself to either cough up the money for a motel or jump in my van and take off for a warmer climate. <\/p>\n

Fortunately, Louie found me a place to ride out the rest of the winter. His cousin had a vacant apartment, only a couple of miles from where we were staying that I could rent without security deposit, hooking up utilities, or signing a long-term lease. We made an agreement for a set amount and I moved in. It\u2019s not in the best neighborhood or anything pretty to look at, but it will do for now. <\/p>\n

I did just buy a luxury. Every since I bought the new van, I\u2019ve thought about getting a bigger TV for it. One van-camper told me how he installed a flat screen on hinges so it could be stowed against the ceiling when traveling, and lowered for viewing when parked. I liked the idea and decided to splurge early so that I could enjoy it while I\u2019m waiting for departure. It\u2019s a Vizio 27\u201d razor. I chose it because it was so thin. <\/p>\n

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\n I\u2019m limited to about eight over the air stations. There\u2019s not a lot that I like on TV anymore but I do get some PBS stations and a couple of local broadcasts that have sitcoms I like. Over the weekend, I got hooked on a public broadcast and watched three hours detailing the life of Lincoln. The FOX news channel comes in crystal clear. Who knew I would be able to get fair and balanced news every night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just reread a couple of my recent posts and realized that I use the conjunction \u2018but\u2019 in quite a few of my sentences. It puzzled me why I write this way and I came up with several reasons to explain it. I might be trying to convey an opposing view, or maybe I\u2019m not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pieces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}