- By Dan Veaner
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Smart TalkSMART TALK by Saber S. Poder, N.P.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME: I paid attention in school, and I remember that space has points, not time. Time may be a dimension, but we perceive it as always flowing, and its points are strictly theoretical.
Consequently, whenever a patient at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired says, "at this point in time," I reply, "Show me this point."
You may think it un-PC to treat patients this way, but we must shock them into listening to what falls out of their own mouths. And I must admit, their expression of confusion at my challenge always makes my day.
Of course, they should be saying at this time, or better yet, now.
I join with Dr. Glibb in asking readers to support our Edwin Newman Clinic for Temporal Retentives.
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