kittywampus, catawapus, cattywapus catty corner, kitty-corner Having been a teenage transported between a coast and the mid-west, I find these sorts of phrases very interesting. Pop verses soda was my first introduction to this concept. By moving I had switched to a different informal language. At first, I was thinking of the word Colloquialism was … Continue reading Vernacular
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Wacky Hair Day
I have young kids and things have been different. Hybrid learning, friends and family who can't visit, friends who are virtual only. Birthday parties that can't happen, Dad on orders, and many other things that are so 2020. I've been trying to help by doing small silly things that make the kids feel good. The … Continue reading Wacky Hair Day
Gas at the pump
Gas pump with SUPER low price This picture is the intersection of not getting gas very often and buying lots of groceries. (As the scale can attest) I wish I would have gotten a picture of the price per gallon. It was 0.199. 0.199 cents per gallon! I had never seen the cost so low. … Continue reading Gas at the pump
Journey mindset and writer’s brain
After I posted about uncertainty, Ryan, one of my buddies forwarded me a link to an article about the journey mindset. "The important difference between pursuing 'meaning' and 'happiness' in life." Was one of the quotes that struck me. I just finished a class to help me plan for a quarter with writing related goals. … Continue reading Journey mindset and writer’s brain
Death Wish Coffee
I don't actually drink coffee, but I saw this and had to check it out. I wanted to add a tagline at first. Maybe "So good your tired's as good as dead." Otherwise I am left wondering if the death is pointed at me. Which I guess since it brought me to their site, it … Continue reading Death Wish Coffee
Day one – operation dear god did I really set the alarm for that early
The alarm buzzed and worse the light on my alarm clock goes on. Who invented this torture device? Were they a closet sadist? I have to pee and my mouth tastes bad. Dazed. confused. I can ignore those facts. The bed is warm.Was that my alarm or some great cosmic joke that thinks o-butt thirty is really a time. I manage to find … Continue reading Day one – operation dear god did I really set the alarm for that early
Distracted
Kids, day job, brain all conspire my thoughts jump around not the gentle glide of a butterfly dipping delicately into each flower but powerful jerks of continental shifts tectonic plates crashing the bits, the parts, the molten stone left swirl in the raging tide broken and lost
Judged
I still have fear of letting out the crazy and being judged, but as I get older I care less about that. I realize no matter the safe choices I might make, I am being judged. So why not be judged for who I really am rather than who I think they want me … Continue reading Judged
Happiness is a direction
Happiness is a direction, not a place. Sydney J. Harris I felt like a distraction... so here is geek and philosophy mash-up. If we used the physic definition for direction, when you connect two points in space, direction is from point A (tail) to point B (head). Scalars and Vectors, So happiness is going from … Continue reading Happiness is a direction
Focus Fox: Silence
Focus Fox says: Silence is the food that nourishes wisdom. Does that make wisdom a silentiumvore? Inspired by Francis Bacon and the word omnivore