Like a Virus: It’s been going around. Top 5 things wrong in my field of vision right now :: -calendar page still on November -paint chips, scratches on the wall -most of a page of Halloween stickers stuck to my pants -torn book jacket on the collected works of Rudyard Kipling -a sippy cup of […]
Bork! Bork! Bork! Via ***Dave: You are the the Swedish Chef. You are a talented individual, nobody understandsyou. Perhaps it’s because you talk funny. FAVORITE EXPRESSION: “Brk! Brk! Brk!” HOBBIES: Kokin’ der yummee-yummers FAVORITE MOVIE: “Wild Strawberries…and Creme” LAST BOOK READ: “Der Swedish Chef Kokin’ Bokin’” QUOTE: “Vergoofin der flicke stoobin mit der brk-brkyubetcha!” What
Book Review. Watching My Language, by William Safire. William Safire writes a column for the New York Times on language. This is a collection of them. The main thing that I’m taking away from this book is the idea that grammar isn’t fixed, constant, or even consistent from expert to expert. Yes, it’s possible to
The Court Jester. “Those who try to tangle with my derring-do, wind up at the angle that herring do. They hold their heads like very dead herring do.” I love that movie. PBS Saturday and Sunday afternoons, spent watching black and white movies. The Court Jester. Ivanhoe. And we knew when pledge week was on,