Flew in to New Orleans from Austin this morning, and rented a car to get from here to Baton Rouge to speak with the Louisiana REALTORS® at their annual meeting. I am on the NAR Corporate Investor Council, so I had an opportunity to speak with their Major Investors about another way, and another target group to increase the dollars they can have invested and fund Issues Mobilization here (in Louisiana) and across the country. It was a great group of really nice people, and I got to spread the word of Corporate Investor at a one-on-one level, and to the group of LARPAC Major Investors. It was a great opportunity, and I appreciate the invitation to attend. On my way from the plane to the baggage check, I passed a Lucky Dog stand. I cannot remember how many times I stumbled out of a bar in New Orleans and ran right into a Lucky Dog cart. There is no telling what was in those hot dogs back in the 70's, but it seems they are legit now, and selling at the airport. Whatever!Early flight back to Austin in the morning, so there you have it!
Chicane -- Verb. to use deception. to trick or cheat. The scammer was accused of sending e-mails intended to chicane recipients into disclosing sensitive account information.
Did You Know? Chicane comes from the Middle French verb chicaner, meaning "to quibble" or "to prevent justice," and print evidence of its use as a verb in English dates to around 1672. The noun form of chicane was first used in print in 1686. In addition to referring to "trickery," the noun chicane is used to refer to an obstacle or a series of tight turns in opposite directions on a racecourse. In card games, chicane refers to the absence of trumps in a hand of cards. One curiosity of this word is that the word that would appear to be a derivative of chicane -- chicanery (a synonym of chicane in its "trickery" sense) -- actually appeared in English over 60 years before chicane.
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