New Words in the Merriam Webster Dictionary

So, there are some pretty interesting words that have entered the official English language on this one. My favorite new words are "drama queen," "polyamoury," and "unibrow." The ones that I feel really show the state of the world today would be "mouse potato," "supersize," and "big-box." Le sigh.

Do you think this is a good idea at this point? Celebrate Lebannon! You have to assume this was planned well in advance, but in conservative, military dominated San Diego, is this a bold move for culture, or a ripe opportunity for people to picket and yell, and throw things?

I have lived a life of polar opposites ( Read more... )

So, Spatula City does not exist, but Hanger City does!

It's a good question ( Read more... )

It's a bit much if you're reading casually, so it's hidden behind this cut. ( A few pictures from Hawaii. )

As stolen from staton23.

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Prologue:
Where did you take your default picture?
At the Getty Museum in LA.

What exactly are you wearing right now?
jeans, running shoes, white buttoned down shirt w/ gold threading
What is your current problem?
too much to do, not enough time to do it
What makes you most happy?
Making other people happy
If you could go ( Read more... )

Okay, so I started in on my jet set life. I have a feeling that my boss is going to tell me to cut back on my travel. I will remind him that last year, I went to 50% of the events, and this year, I will go to 30% of the events, so I am actually cutting back the percentage, but just not the total travel. I am cutting back on my international ( Read more... )

Okay, so have no fear. It's not that you haven't seen me for 9 months. It's that my fish got busy a week and a half ago, actually produced fertile eggs. Fertile eggs lead to tiny, eyelashes w/ dots on them, aka, a small patch ' frys. That's what baby fish are called. In the week they've been swimming around, they've tripled in size, and ( Read more... )

Life has been dealing me a busy, but good hand for the last couple of months. First, I appologize for not writing more, as there are some people that I think might actually read this stuff. Second, in MY actual life, things are great. The job is busy, but I'm getting praise for the right things. Having George up here is a wonderful and giant ( Read more... )