Finally back safely from California.  Had a great time visiting with family and friend.  Now that I am rested and in a good mood,  I can get back to bitching about how people abuse our beautiful English language.

  First on the docket are "Calvary" and "cavalry."  "Calvary", also known as Golgotha, was the hill upon which the Bible says Jesus was crucified.  "Cavalry" refers to horse mounted soldiers.  So, please stop telling the story about your uncle whatever who was in the calvary.  Unless, of course, he actually was there.  If so, I wonder why he was not mentioned in The Good Book?

Second place goes to "each and every."  Each and every time I hear someone us that expression I feel like yelling that "each" means "every" and "every" means "each."  The redundancy is so boring and irritating.

Third place honors go to "good" and "well."  "good" is an adjective and means having desirable qualities; "well" is an adverb meaning "in a good or proper manner."  So, when someone asks you how you are doing, don't reply "good" unless you are referring to something like giving alms to the poor.