Entries from June 2005

Amazing

That’s my $200 security deposit - right there in a hundred little chewed up pieces of carpet. Amazing how she managed to rip up a perfect square, isn’t it? Isn’t it also amazing that I thought my dog was so special that she wouldn’t do something like this?

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Special Needs

First, I’d just like to say - I’ve had caffeine this morning. Lots of it. I was up at 4:30am to take friends to the airport, and have overcompensated with the coffee. When I was little my dad told me I was like a Chatty Cathy doll with a broken string. [...]

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Fish

This is an email my friend, Zach, got from a vendor at work today and our conversation afterwards.
—–Original Message—–
From: xxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: fish??
Hi Zach,
I really enjoyed our lunch Monday! Thanks again for taking time to meet and I look forward to working with you as we move forward.
Did you end [...]

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Misuse Folly

Ok folks, this one is interactive. Below are examples of words or phrases people commonly misuse, or that I’ve recently misused and been corrected on. Please add your own. And don’t make me look like an idiot by saying that and then you don’t leave any comments. :)
Recurring vs. Reoccurring - The client has a [...]

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Tiny


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Hot Dog

Lucy’s figured out that when my car is 9 million degrees and the A/C hasn’t kicked in yet, the coolest spot is by the vent on the front passenger side floor (she’s usually restricted to the back seat, but in those rare instances she feels the need to crawl up there, I don’t protest). [...]

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Stupid Snapple

Giant Popsicle Melts, Floods NYC Park
Best quote ever.
“What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming,” Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the Daily News. “It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast.”

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The Pet TV

Slinky and Lucy spied some baby deer and their mama in my backyard this morning. (I realize it’s also a bit disturbing that my animals are color-coordinated - I swear I didn’t do it on purpose.)

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