That link seems to lead to a locked post, or some other thing that's giving me just a Word Press error page, ita.
Phone Menu Voice ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The code seems to be going up and down. Hmm. I clicked on it again and then refreshed and got through.
I said "largely concluded." Thanks for thinking for me, guys!
My maternal grandfather had us all call him "Gaffer" because he didn't like the usual grandpa/granddad/pop options. He was indeed wordy.
You asked her/him to use a book?! No wonder s/he was confused.
I didn't even tell her it was also on Westlaw, just because I'm mean like that.
My maternal grandfather had us all call him "Gaffer" because he didn't like the usual grandpa/granddad/pop options. He was indeed wordy.
My point of reference for my above insertions is actually from Tolkien scholarship. Tolkien's use of the term Gaffer for Sam's uncle (I think) was very specifically meant to conjure the image of a chatty/gossipy old fart, through the etymology of the word itself. Tolkien was never one to choose a word casually. I defer to the Professor.
"Gaffer" is actually an Elizabethan word meaning, loosely, "grandfatherly peasant."
"Gaffer" is actually an Elizabethan word meaning, loosely, "grandfatherly peasant."
I suddenly find myself thinking Elizabethan peasant grandfathers were probably quite the chatty bunch.
So, something just popped up on my iPod.
The song title is in kanji, so I don't know what it actually says. The band is BUMP OF CHIKEN (typo included) and it's off their Greatest Hits cd.
None of this prepared me for song to sound *exactly* like Guns & Roses, Sweet Child 'O Mine...
It's my only BUMP OF CHICKEN. How will I ever know the joy of BUMP OF CHICKEN now? And who can I blame for this?
I remember that quote! In college, the snack bar sold bottled juices that had various quotes printed under the lid, and that was one of them. The other I recall is "I prefer a comfortable vice to a virtue that bores."
I miss french. I'm pretty much reduced to being able to pronounce it semicorrectly and maybe understand 60%. Can't speak it spontaneously anymore. Makes me sad.
No tutoring tonight, they aren't home. Which is ok with me. I'm happy to do it 2-3 nights a week, but every night is a bit much. I do want to find her a good exercise book, though. Some stuff she just needs to practice a lot and the book we are using only had about 9 problems per concept. Which is really not enough.
Um, when did I become this person?