I don't know the original story, but in some places it felt a little rushed, so when you do see it I'll be interested to learn whether some material had been cut for the production.
C+C Music Factory is more "Dracula" than Bauhaus? Not buyin' it.
OTOH, it's fun to click on the "Popular With Friends" tab here and find new people to mute or block. That helps make it feel like today wasn't entirely wasted.
Sick as a dog that's caught a virus that lays it out for a few days.
Binged 'Seven Dials.' It was cute and I love that it's only three episodes, but I felt the telling fell flat on certain notes.
Started to watch 'Sisu,' decided I wasn't interested in that formula today.
Not in the mood for much.
Dead Ringers, 1988.
Just encountered a new hashtag The Youth seem to think nothing wrong with.
R-word-maxxxing.
It's like shutting off your brain, going by instinct or vibe, uncomplicating things. They cite it like a goal, not an insult, though of course they don't acknowledge how incredibly offensive it is.
Decided to treat myself to pizza, tried a place I haven't. The (third-party) delivery was late by half an hour, arrived cold and waxy. Looking at their online menu, they're just a low-level "tavern" and probably make waxy pizzas.
Finishing this bottle of Lacrima di Morro d'Alba. Delicious.
I'd call them the same thing: spatula.
If someone wants to call the first object a scraper, they have to call the second object a flipper. They must also document their journey of renaming all nouns according to their function. I'd follow for a week.
There, that's your T-shirt.
I've acquired Jesse Byock's Viking Language I, 3rd ed., and I touch base with it every day though progress is slow. "Ingólfr gaf Herjólfi land" is the new "le crayon est sur la table." And the videos by Dr. Jackson Crawford @norsebysw.bsky.social are a rich resource. #OldNorse
Over 3K posts, and what have I achieved?
Currently I'm studying #OldNorse language. I'm delighted to identify words I recognize in German, and I'm finally learning noun cases (though it introduces strong and weak nouns). And none may assert correct pronunciation. #LanguageLearning
So this douche who's never served thinks he's a "warrior class," this defense contractor who wants to introduce more weapons. Guessing he's put in his 10,000 hours in Call of Duty. His landmine argument is BS: the issue is human-in-the-loop weapons vs. fully autonomous lethal decision-making.
Which in turn reminded me of There's Something About Mary.
Not really, I have over-ear noise-canceling headphones for that, and this building is empty most of the day.
Noisy thoughts, impatience with topics I may not be interested in.
I'm also very aware of the cognitive damage I've done to myself through social media and phone apps, trying to heal that.
My focus is so compromised, I'm literally reading copy aloud as I edit it. And I have to constantly rein myself back in when I start reading too fast out of impatience. It's a real exercise.
#AmEditing
I used to go to one place frequently for lunch. One of the waitstaff's eyes lit up as he tried to guess my order. On any other day he would have been right (that day I wanted something new). But I was deeply touched that he paid attention, something I've never seen anywhere else, ever.
All rendered in LEGO-compatible knockoff bricks: Two rows of grocery store shelves with representative products, two check-out lanes, and a frozen food section.
View of an opened icebox and the back of the grocery shelves.
Exterior shot of the store, with ALDI signs, an angled roof, and ballards to direct traffic before the store.
Shot of a grocery cart in front of the store, with a gigantic quarter inside the basket.
As soon as I saw it in #ALDI, I knew this "compatible with leading brands" building-brick playset was going to be awesome.
Some of the bricks were a little tight-fitting, and some of the instructions were silly, but it came out great and I enjoyed putting it together.
All rendered in LEGO-compatible knockoff bricks: Two rows of grocery store shelves with representative products, two check-out lanes, and a frozen food section.
View of an opened icebox and the back of the grocery shelves.
Exterior shot of the store, with ALDI signs, an angled roof, and ballards to direct traffic before the store.
Shot of a grocery cart in front of the store, with a gigantic quarter inside the basket.
As soon as I saw it in #ALDI, I knew this "compatible with leading brands" building-brick playset was going to be awesome.
Some of the bricks were a little tight-fitting, and some of the instructions were silly, but it came out great and I enjoyed putting it together.
"Everyone's talking about [s.th. no one has ever talked about]."
"Have you ever been curious about [s.th. no one has ever been curious about]?"
I've cracked the new marketing campaign that replaced "you're doing [X] wrong," where X = something no one has ever done wrong.
A screenshot of the ASL learning app Lingvano. A white woman with long brown hair is in the middle of signing. The answer I have inputted is POP. My answer is marked as incorrect, the correct answer listed as SODA.
Wow, Lingvano, haven't Minnesotans been through enough? This is a direct attack on my heritage.
In Memorandum > In Memoriam
#AmEditing
A worthy goal. I've ordered a couple nålbinding needles and will learn a Norwegian style of knitting, to help slow down and stay offline.
Great illustration, yours, very cool.
You know, this reporter can't help wondering if these two stories aren't related.
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Screenshot of Boston Globe piece by Ellen Jovin: "What I've learned from helping strangers with their grammar"
Happy almost National Grammar Day! See you soon, Boston grammar enthusiasts!
Badass.
If you can store a tempest in there, why not fish.
This month’s Conscious Language Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far:
#1: Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
I think I first encountered the "over my persimmon" phrase in The Sazerac Lying Club (1878), along with "I don't give a continental." It's a fantastic read, but I don't casually recommend it because of some instances of unabashed bigotry, common to the era.
Thank you @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving my piece a new home. This was my first published piece and seeing it again reminds me of why I write…
I believe it's the response to someone's voiced frustration: "That is one huckleberry beyond my persimmon."
