Plus, if the cat shreds the baby, the cat gets no gooshyfood, and THAT is not on.

Well, except for fresh baby.

Per this site, the n was dropped in Old French before it was introduced to English:

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c.1300, from O.Fr. orenge (12c.), from M.L. pomum de orenge, from It. arancia, originally narancia (Venetian naranza), alt. of Arabic naranj, from Pers. narang, from Skt. naranga-s "orange tree," of uncertain origin. Loss of initial n- probably due to confusion with definite article (e.g. une narange, una narancia), but perhaps infl. by Fr. or "gold." The tree's original range probably was northern India. The Persian orange, grown widely in southern Europe after its introduction in Italy 11c., was bitter; sweet oranges were brought to Europe 15c. from India by Portuguese traders and quickly displaced the bitter variety, but only Mod.Gk. still seems to distinguish the bitter (nerantzi) from the sweet (portokali "Portuguese") orange. Portuguese, Spanish, Arab, and Dutch sailors planted citrus trees along trade routes to prevent scurvy. On his second voyage in 1493, Christopher Columbus brought the seeds of oranges, lemons and citrons to Haiti and the Caribbean. Introduced in Florida (along with lemons) in 1513 by Sp. explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. Introduced to Hawaii 1792. Not used as the name of a color until 1542.

And I was wrong earlier about it being a PIE word - the word and the fruit both originated in India.

Speaking of links, I just got sent this, which is very happy-making. [link]

There's no winning so I guess I should just pretend to be clueless.

More and more this is my solution of choice.

another happy making link:

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Just went to Trader Joe's. They did not have the split pea soup or the pad thai that I like. I did get plenty of other stuff, though.

Also, note to self: the proper order is, step one, put down grocery bag; step two, hail cab. Ow.

I should probably go into the office and do work this afternoon.

I took a picture of a projector part we needed to order and because I didn't know what it was called (I now know it's a Simplex Gate Retainer) I labelled the image "thingy". Now I'm getting copies of emails going up the order chain referring to the thingy.

I can't decide if I'm being mocked or celebrated.

So there's this thing at work, where many of the women, including those who have no kids and no intention of having any, are using diaper bags to cart their laptops around. It's kinda brilliant in that the bags are lightweight, shoulder-friendly, easily wiped off, and relatively cheap. I'm thinking of nabbing something like this before my flight tomorrow, instead of lugging my ginormous wheeled pack thing. What say you all? Clever? Ridiculous? Only a good idea if I throw down for one of the $98 Zosephine bags?

Huh-- hadn't thought of that, but makes perfect sense.

I will say, it was at Target that I found the best laptop bag ever in the luggage aisle. Nylon, padded interior, great shoulder strap and on sale for ten bucks. If you can, you should check the luggage aisles, Calli.

What say you all? Clever? Ridiculous?

You're asking the girl who carried a fishing tackle box as a purse through most of high school.