¿Por qué? Pourquoi?
Why? Why do people turn nouns into verbs? On Facebook this morning, I noticed someone was “homeworking,” which didn’t bother me, by the way. But it brought to mind a misdirected noun from my graduate work that does. It is the one word that the Rat Fink simply cannot bear to hear. PK knows. I [...]
Monday morning funnies
Remember the “funny papers?” Dad used to go out early on Sunday mornings, sometimes returning with “Bismarcks” from the bakery, but always with a copy of the Sunday Tribune, which always had an extra-large comics section that I’d scan, until Mother would utter the dreaded phrase, “Come on, girls. Time to get ready for church.” [...]
Jake Turns Informant
The Most Amazing Toddler in the World is now officially holding up two fingers. And, the Thriller and I went to see The Informant! last night. This post addresses both; hence, the catchy title. Before I go back to researching for my delightful class assignment… Clicky: What a little rock star. Obligatory cake photo. Good [...]
All things fair
<bulletin> Before I get started this morning — congrats to RtB poster Meg, who was elected Homecoming Queen last night at the football game. YaAaAAay for a fellow Finkite — we heart her. </bulletin> The county fair has been here this week. I didn’t get a chance to go, but boy, I used to do [...]
So much hatred…
…so little time. I hate: oversleeping — like this morning, especially when I had a late rehearsal last night the groggy, sick feeling from oversleeping not being able to enjoy my quiet time in the morning — blast it all trolls having poor eyesight, but lacking the guts to have the surgery that would fix [...]