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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Sound bite: The word "momentarily" to our local movie theater means 20 minutes.

We went to the movies today and there were these words on the screen at the time our movie was scheduled to begin:  "Your feature presentation will begin momentarily."  So I glanced at my watch to see how long momentarily was defined by the movie industry moguls.  Seven previews later, our movie started.  Webster's dictionary defines momentarily as at any moment : in a moment, for a moment.    Thanks, theatre people, for the new definition that a moment equals about 20 minutes.  So, um, does that mean when we say "I'll be there in a moment", that we have between 15-20 minutes to be there?   Just wondering.....

See you momentarily....in my blog terms, that could mean a long time.  Hoping to post more regularly this coming year.