Never Put The Story In

Why Use A Modifier To Set Straight A Not-quite-right Noun When The Right Noun Is Available?

To Be Accused Of 'channeling' Is To Be Dismissed As A Ventriloquist's Live Dummy, Derogated At Not Having A Mind Of One's Own.

After Eating, An Epicure Gives A Thin Smile Of Satisfaction; A Gastronome, Burping Into His Napkin, Praises The Food In A Magazine; A Gourmet, Repressing His Burp, Criticizes The Food In The Same Magazine; A Gourmand Belches Happily And Tells Everybody Where He Ate; A Glutton Empraces The White Porcelain Alter, Or More Plainly, He Barfs.

The Wonderful Thing About Being A New York Times Columnist Is That It's Like A Supreme Court Appointment - They're Stuck With You For A Long Time.

Dangling Punch Lines To Forgotten Stories Remain In The Language Like The Smile Of The Cheshire Cat.