Sentences with phrase «about plain old»

«Cat Person,» the New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian that took over Twitter this weekend, is about plain old humans: Margot and Robert, a college - aged...

I recall reading of a Washington, D.C., bookstore that was being asked to refund the cost of Woodward and Bernstein's The Final Days after disappointed purchasers found that it was about plain old politics, not spine - tingling biblical prophecy.

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But none of these legitimate considerations excuse the plain old boorish behaviors or worse that we're reading about today.

While plain, old peanut butter and jelly is available, P.B. Loco is all about creative concoctions made with gourmet peanut butter flavors, including Asian Curry Spice, European Cafe Mocha and Jungle Banana.

If anything — as a recent crop of books about Apple, Google, Amazon and Twitter makes plain — they mark the sly triumph of old - style corporate manners in a bright new skin.

David Bentley Hart's reflections on the «ingenious ways» in which Christians over the centuries have sought to get around «the plain meaning of Christ's words» about wealth as an impediment to entering the kingdom of God brought to mind the old story of Angus the Scotsman.

In general, based on the 2003 interview, it doesn't look like Santorum knows how to talk or think about this issue very well; he doesn't, for example, appear to know how to distinguish the three levels of the right to privacy debate: a) the natural rights level, b) the Constitutional level, and c) the plain - old law level, state and federal.

I love Jesus and I do feel that he had died for each and everyone of our sins and I feel we are all loved equally no matter what we do rather it be for murder to just plain old coursing He loves us all honestly I've debated in my mind that if Christianity is about being mean hateful and thinking that you're going around better than everybody then that's not the religion for me

I don't entirely disagree with the posts above, but my understanding is that for plain - old main - stream atheism, it is best defined by talking about belief versus lack of belief.

Laughing, No tongues» it was plain old English and I was not thinking about the words coming out they were words that seem to have come from a deeper place another plane so to speak.

Challenge us and ask us about the differences between Yahwistic vs. Elohimistic traditions in Old Testament canon), but this shows the tragedy — or perhaps the irony — of faith: in America, if not elsewhere, the concept of faith is kept at such a simplistic level that most people just plain «believe» without having any form of knowledge (in spite of the Bible stating, «Where is the wise man?

You should read the explanations Chard makes about how «theistic evolution» differs from plain old evolution.

, those who had a Ph.D. in New Testament Greek look down upon those who just have plain Ph.D's in Bible Exposition or Old Testament, etc. (I can't tell you how often I heard my DTS profs make such comments about colleagues in other departments.)

There were clues and hints about this mystery throughout the Old Testament, but now God has made it plain as day and wants the whole world to know.

I would typically leave the top plain and simple, or garnish with nuts as Ina suggested, but when baking with a 4 year old, it's all about the sprinkles.

Use gloves when handling and if you're not absolutely crazy about spicy food, do 1/2 a habanero or a plain old jalapeno for an even milder flavor.

When it comes to plain old brown rice, one cup provides about 5g of protein — which equates to 10 percent of the daily recommended value.

I don't remember what was special about either of those items, but I'm guessing they consisted of nothing more than a box from the local bakery and a cup of plain old hot apple cider.

The entourage disembarks while the 71 - year - old Mitchell bumbles about on board changing into an old faded green shirt and jeans, more practical clothes for the hot, dusty tour of his most recent property acquisition — the sprawling 177,100 - hectare Margaret River Station with its wide - open spinifex grass plains and rocky escarpments.

I believe that in your heart you know these Wenger out ASAP fans, as I am, are vastly in the majority and the few «Remainers» are out of touch, naive (OR in your case, still clinging to the old days which are, sadly, long gone) and can NEVER be reconciled to the plain truth about Wengers incompetance.

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....

Last Sunday, in Bloomington, Minn., The Football of the Future became a thing of the past as the very same Vikings, who had brooded about the defeat for eight months, drubbed the Chiefs 27 - 10 with some plain old - fashioned football.

Besides the one day when she was about 2 years old and we just plain forgot, it's been every day since she was born, of hauling the old girls out for breastfeeding.

understanding of why added sugar isn't ideal for a school kid about to start their day of learning and the function of oats as a good fuel for brain power PLUS the taste acceptance of say a bowl of plain cheerios sweetened with a banana slices (which means the kids couldn't pick juice) is a lot to ask a 5 or 8 year old to accomplish in 5 days.

The defending, the judging, the plain old mean and hurtful comments about infant feeding.

Avoid offending foods, staying upright after meals and just a plain old sense of humor are about all you can do here.

Babies in general should not drink plain water until about six months old.

Then I couldn't go back to sleep because I was listening to Lydia flail about in the bed (calling for Nora) and I was just plain old uncomfortable.

It's always better to have at least something to show for your efforts, instead of just dreaming about the perfection while looking at plain old self in the mirror.

Please, don't go to your nearest health food store and demand they stock «organic cockroach milk» because you're worried about the hormones in plain old cockroach milk.

Pretty much everything I said about protein shakes above can be applied to plain old milk as well.

What I wanted to share was, I am a 59 year old in good health but have had Grover's disease for about 5 - 6 years and tried everything, while mine wasn't real painful, it was all over and just a plain mess.

I am about as much of a city girl as you can get - I don't like camping, or bugs, or being outside in places where you can't pop into a store to use a bathroom and get a bottle of water - but I grew up on the high plains of Colorado, and as the daughter of a man who listened to nothing but old fashioned country music, Western style is still pretty close to my heart.

From about 6 months until 1 year old, baby is fed a beautiful rainbow of veggies and fruits and also some brain building avocados, coconut butter, or egg yolks or a few tastes of plain whole yogurt.

I think we bloggers get wrapped up in posting about unusual food and we sometimes forget about the fantastic plain old classics.

Older ladies shown to be desperate about getting intimate with any young guy is just plain nonsense.

About Me Am a 60 year old, «plain Jane», (no makeup),..

We should be telling parents about ways to limit device usage (see Curbi Parental Controls for iOS), other than just the plain old every day discipline of taking a device away or sitting beside a student while they use technology (by the way, these two things are the best way to be proactive with our children).

You are no longer limited to a plain - old diary and notes about every student.

If you're all crazy about what the visual essence of a Jeep should be, maybe you should just be driving a plain old car instead.

These plain and simple rules reflect not just tradition and vintage Yankee thrift but also the VSCCA's world view, which is more about having fun keeping old race cars running than any desire to operate a highly competitive corner of motorsports.

Despite having both sport and manual modes, I found that the eight - speed was best left in plain old «D» — its smooth and responsive operation reminded me of another eight - speed: that in the Lexus IS F. With names like BMW, Infiniti, and Lexus being bandied about when talking about the Genesis Coupe, it seems that Hyundai may have met its mark.

The review tells us a lot, but not about just plain old text quality for reading a....

Obsession with work, the economy and plain old love take center stage in this month's science fiction and fantasy selections.While preparing for a documentary about his life in The Atlantis Code, linguist Thomas Lourds is shown a strange artifact featuring a language that even he, the foremost authority on ancient languages, can not identify.

So long as your table of contents is just a plain old list of links, you probably don't have a lot to worry about in terms of things breaking.

WHAT??? A nine year old wanting to research about Plain Native Americans instead of playing Disney Princess Monopoly.

Considering all the troubles we've heard about with charging issues for certain Android Wear models, the SmartWatch 3 offers a refreshingly straightforward solution: a plain - old micro USB port.

A note about identity theft and fraud: One of the fastest growing methods for stealing your identity is ATM theft via skimming and just plain old looking over your shoulder.

While most of what you'll find here is information related to plain old, run - of - the - mill credit cards, I thought I'd take a bit of time to write about «secured» credit cards.

Cassie (my 12 year old very picky eater that I adopted from our local Humane Society shelter last summer after her owner died) is now eating about half Ziwi Peak Rabbit / Lamb or plain lamb.