Jesse, this might interest you: [link]

It does! Thanks.

James McAvoy. Just really.

I literally just got home from seeing X-Men, and was definitely sitting there thinking, "McAvoy, meh. FASSBENDER." So that's convenient for when we meet them.

EXCELLENT! we should get on that.

Oh, Fassbender. Nom nom nom.

I found out my nephew is a dead ringer for the young guy who plays Athelstan

I love Athelstan!

I've only seen S1, because I discovered it after S2 had ended, and S2 isn't prime yet on Amazon. ::shakes tiny fist::

Making myself go to a party that my avoidiness is pulling out all the stops to prevent.

But on the discussion here I am bringing a bottle of vinho verde.

I also just got home from seeing X-Men! Well, after going to post-movie brunch (if you can call it brunch when it's entirely in the afternoon, but there were mimosas and bloody marys, so).

FTR, made 14 minute miles, per Nike ran my fastest mile and my fastest 5K today, and came in 17th out of 30 in my age group, 182/276 overall. Not bad!

Also tripped and fell and banged up my knee, but not too badly.

Thanks for those Facebook likes, the virtual cheers are a real treat.

EXCELLENT! we should get on that.

Yes!

It is still too cold here to drink the vinho verde I have in the fridge. Some day, though!

"Is that Kate swinging?" "Yes, that is her"
or "Yes, she is the one swinging"

Pretty darned sure "that is she" is incorrect, but I can't explain why except that it sounds and feels utterly wrong. Something to do with "she" at the end of a sentence being an implied ellipse but the verb is already present ahead of it in the sentence?

"Is this Erin?"
"Yes, speaking" or "Yes, that's me"
It's like fingernails on a chalkboard every time i hear someone answer the phone and refer to himself or herself in the third person.

edited to correct punctuation

wrt #yesallwomen, so sorry if that link on fb was triggery, i tried to include a warning about how upsetting I found it (yet I still appreciated reading it. Just was glad I hadn't eaten recently because i really did almost throw up.)

Ya know, it really is emotionally exhausting and terrifying to even broach the subject. I posted something, then deleted, then decided "fuck it, this is important to me, and people better not be jerks. Anyone who exposes themself as a jerk will be unfriended and their remarks deleted." Pretty sure I almost deleted all those remarks but left them up because no one was being rude, just...proving the point. And then I didn't know whether to applaud stompy Matt for jumping in and trying to edumacate middle school friend Mike or get all irritated that the situation had to be explained *by a man* for it to sink in. Either way, I was hugely relieved when it calmed down and glad i unfriended certain argumentative mansplainers months ago.

"That is she" is grammatically correct but sounds wrong and old-fashioned to our ears.

Intransitive verbs, is that the rub?