So, I just got email from our business school...

...with the headline, "Casinos? Deal us in!"

Alas, it is for a discussion panel about putting casinos in the Boston area.

Would have been funnier (and a great way to add to our endowment) the other way.

Da hell?

What. The. Hell. Is. That. Word?

Nope, nope, nope.

An odd turn of phrase; an observation.

From AccuWeather, a headline:

Severe Storms Ransack Eastern Half of US

Now, I'll grant you the storms are "going through in a hurry" and "causing damage," but most of the storms are not the sort of light-fingered thieves suggested by "ransack"...pillaging seems not to be what storms are, you know, good at.