STOP SWEARING, DOGGONEIT!: Quoth the Maven takes on one of my recurring growl-targets: We get all hinkity about obscenities, but think profanities are no big deal. That seems ass-backwards to me. …At this point, after some serious effort, I rarely say “d–n” or “g-d—n,” although I’m not proud to admit that I still cuss like a sailor at times. (Dappled Things might be amused to note that I seem to have replaced the exclamation of “crap” with “Cromwell!” I promise I was not seriously trying to do that–it just happened….)