10.31.2005
Dressing Up
What is it about Halloween that compels ladies to take off their clothes and men to put on ladies' clothes?
10.20.2005
Little Miss Muffet
Doing homework my basement ,
foregoing a delightful soiree.
When along came a spider that slid down besides me
and I scream and killed the damned bugger right away.
If it rains tomorrow, Edmontonians of a superstitious persuasion may have cause to blame me.
However, I am quite sure that the causality in the superstition that claims that killing a spider will mean rain the next day. Spiders, like other animals, seem to sense the weather and react in advance. So if spiders sense rain, they head indoors, which is when people are most likely to encounter and kill them. Spiders don't have umbrellas because they know to get out of the rain. (Well that and I'm sure that with eight legs, their feet would get all tangled.)
On a related tangent, many individuals profess to having an aversion to the sound of nails on a chalkboard. I think a far more heinous assault on the senses is the feeling of getting caught in a strand or two of a spider web.
foregoing a delightful soiree.
When along came a spider that slid down besides me
and I scream and killed the damned bugger right away.
If it rains tomorrow, Edmontonians of a superstitious persuasion may have cause to blame me.
However, I am quite sure that the causality in the superstition that claims that killing a spider will mean rain the next day. Spiders, like other animals, seem to sense the weather and react in advance. So if spiders sense rain, they head indoors, which is when people are most likely to encounter and kill them. Spiders don't have umbrellas because they know to get out of the rain. (Well that and I'm sure that with eight legs, their feet would get all tangled.)
On a related tangent, many individuals profess to having an aversion to the sound of nails on a chalkboard. I think a far more heinous assault on the senses is the feeling of getting caught in a strand or two of a spider web.
10.10.2005
Balloon mortal combat
How to be condesending - Lesson 1:
State the obvious in a very explanatory voice, conveying the impression that this might be something unknown to the other person.
example: "There are three parts: part 1, part 2, and part 3."
Really I thought that the three parts would be part 1, part root 3, and part vodka.
edited to add:
example 2: "We're concerned with anything that has come out since the 1985 publication. So anything from 1986 to the present day."
State the obvious in a very explanatory voice, conveying the impression that this might be something unknown to the other person.
example: "There are three parts: part 1, part 2, and part 3."
Really I thought that the three parts would be part 1, part root 3, and part vodka.
edited to add:
example 2: "We're concerned with anything that has come out since the 1985 publication. So anything from 1986 to the present day."
10.03.2005
The most fun you can have with a broom
Curling season started again.
There is an unspoken majesty about a perfectly thrown rock curling down a sheet of ice to take out two other rocks.
It's inspiring.
It's enthralling.
It's a great way to release pent up aggression.
There is an unspoken majesty about a perfectly thrown rock curling down a sheet of ice to take out two other rocks.
It's inspiring.
It's enthralling.
It's a great way to release pent up aggression.
10.01.2005
Tiger Training Contract Killer
While out for drinks with a few of my law school friends, a girl friend of mine asked
"is it ok that I want to have kids when I'm older?"
Apparently her perception from the first few weeks of school is that having kids and practicing law are mutually exclusive if you are a woman.
Is there something wrong with this picture?
"is it ok that I want to have kids when I'm older?"
Apparently her perception from the first few weeks of school is that having kids and practicing law are mutually exclusive if you are a woman.
Is there something wrong with this picture?
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