Cornershot

To submit a CornerShot

The Roanoke Times welcomes CornerShot submissions from its readers. Here are the guidelines:

Length: about 200 words
Topic: CornerShots can run the gamut, but we generally prefer unique and clever observations on the human experience.
No poetry, please.
Email your submission to extra@roanoke.com with your full name and hometown and “CornerShot” in the subject line. You can also mail submissions to Kathy Lu, CornerShot, The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, VA 24010.
Submissions are subject to editing.

1. 41-vehicle wreck ties up traffic Sunday on I-81 in Rockbridge County

2. Virginia Tech football roster has holes on picture day

3. Medicare penalties hit hospitals in Roanoke, New River Valleys

4. Microfestivus beer event gets downtown Roanoke hopping

5. McFarling: 2 little numbers are a big hurdle for Virginia Tech football

6. DAN CASEY: Copter cost still stirring up dust

7. Arrest made in case of missing Nelson County teen

8. Roanoke farmers markets making local foods more accessible

9. Virginia attorney general's office grows under Ken Cuccinelli

10. Man's drowning is 5th in Lynchburg area

Monica Keyes | A reader in Salem

Monday, May 27, 2013

I am writing in reference to oxymoron sayings.

Recently, I made a family visit to rural West Texas. There you drive for miles and never see another vehicle but may notice an occasional country road sign. On one particular drive I chuckled when I saw a small road sign that read, “City Farm Road.” (Huh!)

During my visit I had to purchase a family member some “Icy Hot Packs” for an aching back. When are they hot, or when are they cold?

Over the weekend a Weekly Standard news headline that was taken from the White House official Twitter account caught my attention.

It read, “White House Marks Mother’s Day by Celebrating Free Birth Control!”

What a simply profound oxymoronic headline!

Monday, August 12, 2013