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Brothers. Lee’s brothers Mike and Dale drove up from SD for to hand out with us for a day. Dale’s back from boot camp in Georgia! A good time was had by all, especially Ray, who said, “uncle” over and over again after they left. Maybe that was her way of saying “no more tickling!” […]

Return of the King I sat next to a little girl (4-5 years old) at the movie. For the first ten minutes, she pet the arm of my fuzzy shirt and told me it was very soft and that she’d gone to ballet lessons today already. I think her review of the movie would go

Heh. A pun: What’s the opposite of appetite? Appaloose. –via A.Word.A.Day

Playground Slang: “Ever been called a “shreddie”, felt like a quick “wallace and gromit”, shown your “spider’s legs” or been given a “hitler”? If you have, well, so sorry. If you haven’t the slightest idea what the terms mean, then Chris Lewis has the very book for you.” –from an online article about playground slang.

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

The Chronicles of Riddick Not a trailer…a teaser? Strange. Looks like a sci-fi end of the world thing. Neaaaaat. Via Xkot

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

Fried. Mental survival due to Lee, Ray, hot chocolate, and loud music over the headphones at work.

Word Count. Finally finished typing in the last pages of the book. Final count for first draft is 483 pages, with a true word-count of 93,641 words and an estimated word count (manuscript-formatted pages * 250) of 120,750 words. And so, so much work to do.

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