Hate is such a strong word, but when your dresser rips the skin off your middle finger’s knuckle, you hate it. With a passion.
I have to say, though, I hate it when people say that hate is such a strong word. So is love. Yet people use that with abandon just as often as hate, [...]
While reading Jasper Fforde’s complete oeuvre in 2008, the back of the books contained an advertisement for Fforde’s upcoming novel, Shades of Grey. I was geeked, of course: as you may remember, Ffrode was my Best Discovery of 2008 and The Eyre Affair won Best Book of 2008. I find his work simply delightful: [...]
. . . with an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach. Massachusetts elected a Republican senator and the Red Wings lost to the Washington Capitals despite controlling the game. Coincidence? I think not.
EVIL IS AFOOT IN THE WORLD.
But I just want to say that I love my husband. Big time.
That is all. Carry on!
I really like words. I really like digging into words and knowing their meanings, origins, and future directions. Probably in an pretty nice world, I’d be a lexicographer, researching and defining words in quiet camaraderie with my fellow lexicographers. I’d be assigned a portion of the dictionary, then research and define my way through said [...]
Stop! Writing and actually sending this would be extremely rude and poor etiquette! Don’t do it. Never do it. For any event. Ever.
My cousin letter on this blog was not actually sent to my cousins. It was done anonymously and with no intention of it ever seeing the familial or friend light of day. I [...]
The last time that IP and I saw a movie at the theaters was, well, never. During our dating, engaged, and now married relationship, we’ve never gone to the movies together. Why? Because you can’t talk and snark at the movie when other people are paying $10.00 a ticket. It would be rude, no?
That said, [...]
Asking a woman if she wants to touch your pregnant belly just because said woman is a newlywed (and addressing her only as “Newlywed”) is all kinds of weird. You’re assuming that a) the newlywed is looking to procreate at some point (you’re also assuming soon) and 2) the newlywed wants to touch you (a [...]
I am supposed to be job-hunting right now, but I can’t bring myself to do it for one reason: I would rather write something. I have the blog post that is unfurling before your eyes in mind and I’m working on a short story. Yep, that’s right—I’m finally working on my story. I’m currently at [...]
The year 2009 was a bad year for books in the WordNerdia halls of reading. I blame the wedding and interwebs for my lack of reading, but really: if I were more disciplined, I would’ve read more, period. I wouldn’t let picking out the perfect place cards get in the way of a good book. [...]
