December 2009
96 posts
Someone's vocabulary just got a little larger...
Term Age (years, inclusive)
Denarian 10 to 19
Vicenarian 20 to 29
Tricenarian 30 to 39
Quadragenarian 40 to 49
Quinquagenarian 50 to 59
Sexagenarian 60 to 69
Septuagenarian 70 to 79
Octogenarian 80 to 89
Nonagenarian 90 to 99
Centenarian 100 to 109
Supercentenarian ...
A couple favorites of 2009
Favorite punctuation that I probably overuse: The colon
Favorite word that I don’t have the opportunity to use, but will resolve to use it more next year: octogenarian*
*on a related note, this upcoming year will mark Grammy’s 3rd anniversary of becoming an octogenarian
WatchTroop Beverly Hills. The Experience
29 August 2004, 9:50 pm
Entry number 4, or “The First People I Came Out To.” Some names have been abbreviated to protect the innocent.
I did it. I took the first step in becoming comfortable and accepting who I am. Last night, I told L and M. It was much harder than I thought it would be. I feel like I should have prepared myself better, but I guess all that doesn’t matter. The fact is the truth...
I am the Mom Whisperer
Mom: What's the name of that actor? Will . . .
Me: Will Smith.
Mom: Yes! He's in that one movie with - what's his name - Bloom. Orlando Bloom?
Me: Jeff Goldblum.
Mom: YES! I LOOOVE JEFF GOLDBLUM!!
Mom: [whispers] I think he's so sexy!
Me: HA!
Found the journal I kept in college documenting my...
leothegreat:
tacklinginequalities:
It’s hilarious and tragic at the same time. I wish I could go back in time and tell my past self that everything is going to be alright. Everything, that is, except for the student loans you are accruing.
I implore you to upload passages on Tumblr. This has all the workings of a must-read.
At first, I balked at the idea of uploading something so...
Found the journal I kept in college documenting my...
It’s hilarious and tragic at the same time. I wish I could go back in time and tell my past self that everything is going to be alright. Everything, that is, except for the student loans you are accruing.
Unlike most people my age, I wanted to be a...
The ninth and final season features many changes. . . The Conners win the state lottery jackpot of $108 million, Dan ponders the meaning of life, Jackie meets her prince, D.J. finds love, and Darlene gives birth. Most surreal of all is the season’s final episode, in which Roseanne reveals that the events in most of the series were all the pages of her writings. The reality is Dan’s...
Wanderlust →
“GOOD maps out history’s greatest journeys, from Magellan to Kerouac”
Can I still consider them my "sexy underwear" if...
I was just kidding, of course
Jeff: I could buy it [Wii Rockband Bundle] for your birthday, but then I'd be broke for the entire month of January.
Me: That's funny. If you don't buy it for my birthday, it is your face that will be broke.
Ah, yes: Christmas
The one day of the year when you don’t get phone calls from bill collectors.
God bless us, every one!
tonight I read "'Twas The Night Before Christmas"...
heysean:
yokurt:
paraphrasing was welcomed and encouraged.
Mo’ faster than white folks that’s caught in the hood,
He whistled and shouted and called them real good.
Now Dashandra! Now Danesha! Now Prancé and V ‘xen,
On Comesha! On Cupaydria! On Dondrell and Blitzin’
don’t hate me for this.
Will, I hope you are online at some point today, and I hope you laugh as hard at this as I did,...
“Now, Christopher: when I was a young lady growing up in Georgia, I would sweat...”
– Grammy
I love it when the word "sashay" is used to...
It just exudes class.
Now excuse me while I sashay my way to the crapper.
Heartbreak
Today, I was grading one of my student’s tests.
She doesn’t happen to have the most mathematical mind, but she’s a very nice kid, and on every test she’ll write me a note on the top that usually says: “Mr. Hall, I tried :)”
I know you did, and it breaks my heart that I have to give you a failing grade. It makes me feel even worse knowing that the 44% written...
“Sorry”
– Gilly
Zzz . . .
Today was the second day of my say-‘no’-to-coffee campaign.
Coincidentally, it was also the second day that I took a nap in the teachers’ lounge during my free period.
Brain Freeze
Student: Mister, look! It's so cold outside my bottle of water froze.
Me: Ummm, was it frozen when you left your house this morning?
Student: Yeah, but it didn't, like, defreeze.
Me: "Defreeze?" I think you mean "melt".
Student: . . . Can I go to the bathroom?
“Can’t we Catholics and Protestants get along and fight our real enemy:...”
– Ned Flanders (via darrenandthemachine)
Stupid, sexy Flanders
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
One of my favorite Lady...
Next Career Move
Find out what it takes to be a back up singer/drummer for Celtic Woman
Free, Working LCD TV (Chicago - West Burbs) →
deliberatepace:
Make sure to read the fine print.
I’ll take one for each room in the house.
With the wind chill factor, it feels like 14...
The worst part about being outside on cold days like this - even worse than having to deal with extremities that are frozen solid - is the overuse of the joke, “What ever happened to global warming?”
Um, it’s here assholes (and my skeptical father). Enjoy your frozen extremities while you still can.
Online Shopping
I like to go onto websites and load my “cart” with all those items that strike my fancy.
It’s a fun game to see how high you can make your total.
Then you realize you have no money, turn off your computer, and cry.
