"often times" ?!

Where did I put that cat'o'nine tails?

I hate that one too. I think it's meant to imply a sort of pioneering by making something usable which previously wasn't, rather than merely employing it like some plebe. I've noticed an inverse correlationation between pomposity and substantiveness.

I had an english prof who'd take a mark off if you ever handed in anything containing "utilized". Now I see it every where.

It's certainly not what it's not, and it was what it was. Going forward, it will be what it will be.

Despite the claims from some quarters, it wasn't what it wasn't; despite the hopes from other quarters, it won't become what it won't become.

Some want it to be what it was, while others want it to not become what it is.

Everyone can agree that it might or might not become what it is. All anyone can do is learn from what it was, understand what it is, and work to make what it will be what they want it to be.

At the beginning of the day too, most certainly.