On 6 December (and in repeat on 7 December), I was on-air talent again for KVIE Public Television.
The programs were Roy Orbison Black and White Night – which incidentally was the same program I was on the air with back in September – and Victor Borge’s new 100 Years special. I am a huge fan [...]

Today I will be discussing the linguistic tool called the Strategic Pause.
Illustration:
Heath: “Wow the kitchen is a mess!”
David: “And that is why I’m going to clean it!”
Heath: “Yay!”
David: “Later tonight.”
Heath: “Oh…”
Strategic Pause is used in a conversation to elaborate on the original statement with humour, negation, or reversal.
In the above example we are first presented [...]