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Proto-Germanic *bainam (see also Old Norse bein, Danish ben, German Bein, which also mean thigh or shank)
O.E. ban
M.E. bone

I don't really have a lot to write about these days but I was thinking of doing this new thing in which:

1. people leave comments containing a word they would like to know the etymology of
2. I make a post tracing the history of the word
3. repeat step one

is this going to be a hit? or the opposite of a hit? (a flop?)

1. The other day at work I slipped and hit my head on the ice machine. For a few days I wondered if I had really died and was imagining my life as it would have happened had I survived. Then when normal stuff kept happening, I decided that I probably didn't die. But now I can never be sure ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to Brith Shalom Beth Israel to watch the kids while the adults did whatever it is Jewish adults do on Rosh Hashanah. I met some pretty cool kids. I brought my "magic suitcase" (the suitcase with percussion instruments in it) and I was playing my jaw-harp and kids always want to pull the tab when they see a dude rockin the harp, so ( Read more... )

This is why I’m hot
This is why I’m hot
This is why I’m hot
This is why I’m hot

I’m hot coz I’m fly
You ain’t coz you’re not

This is why I’m hot

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Today I played peek-a-boo/hide-and-seek with some toddlers at work. The mother told me it was the high point of the kids' lunch. I said it was the high point of my entire day.

I asked Jermaine the dishwasher what he does when there are no dishes to wash. "Walk a-fuckin'-round, man," he replied.

I don't know; maybe taking a break from so many shows? Maybe one or two more in October, and in December, late December maybe, and that's it for this year.