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This week, we kept you up to date with the fire recovery efforts in Hawaii. Hear stories shared by some of the heroes and survivors of the fire: ➡️ Doctor Reza Danesh opened his mobile clinic a few years ago. He hits the road in a Sprinter fan that he has outfitted to make patients feel at home. ➡️ Estrella Arquero and her husband lead Koinonia Pentecostal Church, where 20 members of their Filipino congregation are sleeping after they lost their homes. She says she's called to care for people. ➡️ When everyone was trying to escape the flames in Lahaina, Luz Vargas ran toward them to save her son, who was home alone. She found his body days later. Today would have been his 15th birthday. ➡️ Jason Musgrove has been working nonstop to retrace his 69-year-old mother's steps and find out what happened to her. She was last seen being escorted out of her apartment building on Aug. 8. ➡️ Residents aren't just grappling with the loss of human life. They're still trying to understand the loss of priceless artifacts and their connections to the island's ancient past.
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I have long tried to avoid saying LOL in emails and text messages. For one, I usually wasn’t laughing out loud when I thumbed someone a message. For another, a man of my years saying LOL reminds me of middle-aged (you know, over 30) teachers in my high school who would say, “Groovy, man!” to try to sound cool and hip (two more words that also betray my ... maturity).
But I have young daughters. So I strive to be more fluent in their language.
I would reply to their messages with LOL, while they would reply with ROFL — rolling on the floor laughing — or even LMAO — which I don’t believe I can spell out in this newsletter unless I’m quoting a U.N. official. But now, articles have appeared in the MSM (get it?) to announce that the phrase of the moment, or at least the next few months, is IJBOL.
It means, "I just burst out laughing." I gather the acronym was minted to convey erupting with a belly laugh in a situation that otherwise calls for decorum (like, say, being in the middle of a tax audit). It’s reported to be especially popular with K-pop fans. That, of course, means millions of people. I’m told there’s even an official pronunciation of IJBOL: eej-bowl.
I’ll try. But to revert once more to a phrase from a previous generation,
“Every time I find out where it’s at, somebody goes and moves it.”
IJBOWL. LMAO. WTM. WTF. |
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