‘Splainin’

Dec 2, 2003 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Toothpicks?? You have some ‘splaining to do, Lucy!

Hey… thanks for all the lovely talkbacks… apparently, I need to explain the toothpick line. Which, baffles me… I thought it was common idiom. Evidently, this is not so. Could be that it is just a Southern thing or maybe even just a family thing? But my daddy used to say when we would get so tired that our eyelids wouldn’t stay open that we needed toothpicks to hold them up. Leave it to a Southern Man to find yet another use for the things. So, go out and impress your friends with your newly acquired Southern slang! “Wow, you could use a few toothpicks!” It might go over especially well if you use your line after lunch!

Now… onto “slogging“. It is a “publishing” term. Or at least all my friends in the book word use it religiously when referring to new books. Typically said: shlogging… as in, “how many pages did you have to schlog through to get to the good part?” But “slogging” rhymes so much better with “blogging.” Not to mention you don’t spit as much when you say it that way. All around far more sanitary. And now, I’m officially a dweeb.

And last but not least… I think… the nifty little icon in the post below. That was one of those really clever posts I never got around to writing but accidentally posted. OOPS. As it turns out, you can now blog by mobile phone and this cool icon will appear to let the world know your post was so important that it couldn’t wait! Never mind that you caused a minor fender bender and backed up the expressway during rush hour using your mobile phone. Gives new meaning to the phrase, “Phoning it in!” I find this really funny. Since I just copied the code, I too can look like I have something important to say(despite the fact I don’t have a cell phone.) Which, in the long run, makes my “non-post” a bit ironic. Yeah, I meant to do that.

Toothpicks

Dec 1, 2003 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Hand me the toothpicks…

It’s crunch time people! Probably won’t be an HUGE amount of blogging activity on my part (or sleeping for that matter) but you can help by posting comments and posting often. I make NO promises as to when I will reply, but it would be nice to know you are out there while I’m sloggin away at these papers. Happy Trails… Wende

I Yam

Nov 28, 2003 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up

I Yam What I Yam…

A sweet potato! They are sweet potatoes. Stop calling them Yams, you weasle. Ok… here’s my proof:

Are those yams or sweet potatoes on your Thanksgiving table?
Unless you bought them at an ethnic grocery, they are sweet potatoes. Although they are a tuber that resembles sweet potatoes, yams are popular in African, South American and Asian cuisines. Very few true yams are grown in this country. –Chuck Martin

Accept No Imitations

Nov 24, 2003 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Accept No Imitations

Ok… IZ thinks I’m a little crazy here… but I must confess my complete obsession with Queen Anne Cherry Cordials. According to my connoisseur sweety, these should fall under the heading of Junk Candy. Stuff not to consume. Horrid little gobs of cheap chocolate and cherry flavored goop. But I love them. Especially the Dark Chocolate ones. While you can find them all year long in most drug stores, assuming you really hunt for them, they are a traditional holiday candy. So, they are now arriving in stores near you. Go out and buy a box of Queen Anne Cordial Cherries… and think of me when you do. Better yet, head out to Rite-Aid and pick me up a box–they are on sale for just .99 until the 28th. Did I mention I’m partial to the Dark Chocolate?