Jim Baumann

I know you've all been enjoying the balmy weather of late, despite all of the sports-related injuries caused as people shrug off their wintry cocoons to go hard on the golf course or basketball court without having the good sense to warm up before or cool down after.

Last week's column looked at the emergence of “unthaw” as a synonym for “thaw” owing to misunderstanding the definition.

Gib Van Dine often comes up with inspiration for these columns, but it's ordinarily a germ of an idea. Today, I should share my byline with him.

Much like the call-and-response segment of any rock show, I asked last week for contributions from the audience and a chorus of you responded.

A running gag in college was that one of my friends ― an education major ― had to take an elective in a realm in which he had no interest or acumen. He called the class Physics for Poets.

I'm gearing up for a train journey through the Swiss Alps, and while my wife has done all of the planning, it is not a worry-free trip for me.

It's spring, and love is in the air. But boy, has it gotten complicated. If I know my demographic, I'll bet you haven't heard of a “situationship” before.

I remember as if it were yesterday the last email I received from Ted “Dictionary Man” Utchen in the spring of 2021 shortly before he died. It was all about how people's brains misfire when they think about whether to use “who” or “whom.”

Stick a fork in me, dear readers. I'm done. Parting is such sweet sorrow, but after a decade of writing this column and four times as

My first story for the Daily Herald was not actually for the Daily Herald but for the still-weekly Herald newspaper group Paddock Publications owned in Lake County.