Monthly Archives: April 2010

And the hate goes on

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I suppose I would liken it to the Erylalsjdhgjjgghaskdljdlkjljhglka volcano in Iceland. I can take it only so long; then I must reopen the wound.

English speakers are a frightful lot in the first place. Matters worsened with the “shorthand” craze brought about by MySpace, text messaging, Facebook, Twitter and the like. And it’s not just “kids,” believe it. A shining example:

Dandy.

I will refrain from launching into a diatribe about other issues involving grammar and usage (adding useless letters to the ends of words, typing “lol” after every sentence, typing “plz” instead of going to the extraordinarily burdensome trouble of adding three more letters, using “your” where “you’re” is required, throwing in apostrophes like there’s no tomorrow, etc.), but rest assured, it’s on the way. Unfortunately, I’m out of time.

I am proctoring an English exam today at school. Coincidence?

:-)

If I become obsessed…

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…with working out in the gym, lifting weights, and generally trying to recapture my youth of 30 years ago…

…slap me. Seriously.

Good thing for you, though — that’ll never, ever, ever happen. Heh. But hey, whatever gets you through the night. She’s likely more healthy than many (including me) right now, so there you go.

I’m not one to keep count, so the fact that there are exactly 30 more school days and 88 days until the Route 66 Odyssey is lost on me.

FO

RNF XXXIV

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Random Neuron Firings

Really? Ya think?

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Um, really? YA THINK?

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Today’s priceless headline:

Organ donors could be paid

Hahaha. That just made me laugh.

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Finally, something serious. Put this in the same bin with smoking and doing drugs.

I had a student a few years back who tanned so much that her blackened skin (she is a white girl) was already — at 18 years old — showing that ruddy, weathered, unevenly colored, leathery look. It was frightening. I see pictures of her now on Facebook, and she’s still dark as a coffee bean.

They should ban or at least regulate the things, yes. But I play the same old tune, over and over — why control this suspected carcinogen, but not cigarettes, which are known carcinogens? We already know that an$wer, now don’t we…

Tullesday is looking pretty good from here, regardless. The Cavs won again last night (er, I mean LeBron won), and I dodged a bullet eating off-plan on Sunday. Thumbs up.


What so proudly

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Well that was a great game. COLD, but great. By the middle of the 7th, I couldn’t feel my tiny little rat feet any longer.

Here is my group of  young singers, after the dawn’s early light.

Cool. Really cool. Like 46 degrees and windy cool. But totally fun. Score: Tribe, 7, Dirty Socks, 4. Nice.

It’s Mondayne. I hate it.

:-/

A Jim Dandy Weather Day

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Mehhhh, so what? We’ll still have fun. I told everyone to just dress like they’re going to a football game.

The Tribe’s taken two of three from the dirty rotten White Sox. Sweeps are rare indeed for the Indians, so what does this mean for today’s game, hmm? Does the Thriller go home happy, or do I? Regardless, I will be thrilled. Video and photos to come (providing I can slog my way through FlipShare).

Happy Sungday — I’m off to hunt and gather for gloves, winter socks, parka and scarf.

FO