An oddly specific fortune reveals one parent's desire...
"You could make a name for yourself in the field of medicine."
from a recent Chinese food dinner (fortune cookie's prediction or ...wishful thinking?)
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
special prize...
There should be a special category of creative misspellings, solely reserved for
incorrect words used on signs/sign boards for houses of worship.
Unfortunately I don't have photographic evidence of this but there was a sign
outside a local church advertising the upcoming sermon about our "savivor"
Oddly (and amusingly) enough, on the OPPOSITE side, the word was spelled correctly?
So, either two different people assembled the sign or one person who had selective spelling
problems?
How odd!
incorrect words used on signs/sign boards for houses of worship.
Unfortunately I don't have photographic evidence of this but there was a sign
outside a local church advertising the upcoming sermon about our "savivor"
Oddly (and amusingly) enough, on the OPPOSITE side, the word was spelled correctly?
So, either two different people assembled the sign or one person who had selective spelling
problems?
How odd!
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
wishes
I wish there was a drive-thru bagel shop.
For those days when it's 13 deg. out and you don't want to get
out of your car again but you want a bagel.
For those days when it's 13 deg. out and you don't want to get
out of your car again but you want a bagel.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Just like home, you don't always get what you want...
That is the motto at the local diner...
During breakfast today (home of the "giant" pancake) at the local diner, a great mystery ensued.
It seems there was quite a sticky situation created by the mystery of the syrup that could not be located. Apparently at this diner, which has all of about 6 tables + counter seats, each table should have one large bottle of maple syrup (the real stuff too). We were sitting at the counter and I noticed one of the young waitresses whispering furtively to the owner (Larry). Then Larry started eyeballing the tables and came out from behind the counter, bent down, and looked under a table, to the surprise of the customers. Soon the story came out, a bottle of that syrup was missing and unaccounted for.
Had it been misplaced? Had a sticky-fingered customer purposely walked off with it? Seems like it would be awfully hard to conceal such a large syrup bottle unnoticed.
The mystery remains...after trying valiantly to finish off my strawberry rhubarb pancake, and settling our bill, the syrup still hadn't been located...
the mystery continues...
During breakfast today (home of the "giant" pancake) at the local diner, a great mystery ensued.
It seems there was quite a sticky situation created by the mystery of the syrup that could not be located. Apparently at this diner, which has all of about 6 tables + counter seats, each table should have one large bottle of maple syrup (the real stuff too). We were sitting at the counter and I noticed one of the young waitresses whispering furtively to the owner (Larry). Then Larry started eyeballing the tables and came out from behind the counter, bent down, and looked under a table, to the surprise of the customers. Soon the story came out, a bottle of that syrup was missing and unaccounted for.
Had it been misplaced? Had a sticky-fingered customer purposely walked off with it? Seems like it would be awfully hard to conceal such a large syrup bottle unnoticed.
The mystery remains...after trying valiantly to finish off my strawberry rhubarb pancake, and settling our bill, the syrup still hadn't been located...
the mystery continues...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
too much of a language nerd?
I noticed one of the ads on the bus has a mistake in it. It's actually an ad by the bus service itself.
It has to do with directions for how you should exit the bus. I should take a picture but I'm not sure if I've been back on that same bus again.
On the sign, it tells you to exit through the back or something like that, unless you are "afraid of
a hoard of wild rabbits". But if they are trying to describe a large group or crowd, then the word
should be "horde". There is actually a noun form of the word "hoard" but it means something different.
Is it wrong that this bugs me a bit?
It has to do with directions for how you should exit the bus. I should take a picture but I'm not sure if I've been back on that same bus again.
On the sign, it tells you to exit through the back or something like that, unless you are "afraid of
a hoard of wild rabbits". But if they are trying to describe a large group or crowd, then the word
should be "horde". There is actually a noun form of the word "hoard" but it means something different.
Is it wrong that this bugs me a bit?
Monday, November 11, 2013
contrast...
Today in writing class I talked about the idea of doing comparisons/contrasts.
Here's an example:
Guy I saw at the bus stop: Wearing jeans, flip-flops (no socks) and no hat, his toenails painted purple.
Me: When it's 26 deg. out and snowing: Winter coat, gloves, hat, wool socks
Possibly purple toes if I was not wearing shoes and socks!
Here's an example:
Guy I saw at the bus stop: Wearing jeans, flip-flops (no socks) and no hat, his toenails painted purple.
Me: When it's 26 deg. out and snowing: Winter coat, gloves, hat, wool socks
Possibly purple toes if I was not wearing shoes and socks!
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