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Thumbs up for Homer's chant ... just not his attitude afterwards, when he tells Marge that "Bart rides up in the front seat today 'cos he's a good guy at sports."
But Marge notices that Lisa is sad, and asks Homer to let her ride in the front seat to cheer her up. Homer looks to Bart for confirmation, but doesn't get it, so he shrugs and says: "Eh, I tried." (Not very hard, as usual).
But Marge notices that Lisa is sad, and asks Homer to let her ride in the front seat to cheer her up. Homer looks to Bart for confirmation, but doesn't get it, so he shrugs and says: "Eh, I tried." (Not very hard, as usual).
Ugh, had a very tired Monday, as anticipated. Almost called in sleepy. I just gotta try to keep a similar sleep schedule over the weekends. Oh well.
Hockey season starts tomorrow, let's go! More sports sports sports sports. But I'll be watching the Jays game, of course.
Hockey season starts tomorrow, let's go! More sports sports sports sports. But I'll be watching the Jays game, of course.
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After a pretty busy weekend, I did nothing productive yesterday, and am going to try to get some writing done today.
I think you may have defined productive too narrowly.
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So far this morning I am being wholly distracted by too many interesting things to read.
Every so often I think I should learn Irish beyond what has lingered from reluctant school days, which is closer to memory of trauma than anything else. (mostly kidding)
Language is a funny thing. It allows for description of significant things where a collection of words delivers the message. Some things, though, are especially significant, thereby acquiring their very own singular attribution. Different languages seem to find different significant things worthy of their own word.
Chatting with my manager at lunch yesterday, we ventured from her planned retreat in Italy next week to enjoying the soothing sounds of the ocean. She mentioned something on social media that referenced a folklorist who died recently, Manchán Magan, and his exposure to Irish as lived language. Specifically, there's a word that describes the sucking sound of the shoreline at night when waves pull the pebbles from shore and roll them back in. That's a lot of words in English and I'm not sure there's a corresponding single word. In Irish, it's suaitiú (suet-two apparently. Now how do you pronounce suet?).
Language is a funny thing. It allows for description of significant things where a collection of words delivers the message. Some things, though, are especially significant, thereby acquiring their very own singular attribution. Different languages seem to find different significant things worthy of their own word.
Chatting with my manager at lunch yesterday, we ventured from her planned retreat in Italy next week to enjoying the soothing sounds of the ocean. She mentioned something on social media that referenced a folklorist who died recently, Manchán Magan, and his exposure to Irish as lived language. Specifically, there's a word that describes the sucking sound of the shoreline at night when waves pull the pebbles from shore and roll them back in. That's a lot of words in English and I'm not sure there's a corresponding single word. In Irish, it's suaitiú (suet-two apparently. Now how do you pronounce suet?).
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The pronunciation was always a curiosity to me. how do you get Maeve from Medb?
The Irish alphabet has fewer letters. Specifically, there's no j, k, q, v, w, x, y, z. The sounds of those letters are instead created through combination of other letters and arrangement, with inflection of the fada on vowels which deepens/lengthens their sound.
Medb is not a spelling I've seen outside of historical but the Irish spelling I'm more familiar with is Meabh or Méabh. bh gives a v sound. The fada on é gives it that ay/eh sound. Except sometimes the bh gives a w sound, like abhaile (a-wal-ya) meaning at or to home. Simple!
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Languages are fascinating things.
So, yesterday I listened to a podcast about King Arthur, and learned that the stories about him it may have been inspired by the story of Culhwch and Olwen, from the Mabinogion.
I don't know how to pronounce "Culhwch" or "Mabinogion", so I'd rather not irritate someone by trying and failing miserably. *blush*
I don't know how to pronounce "Culhwch" or "Mabinogion", so I'd rather not irritate someone by trying and failing miserably. *blush*
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More Celtic tales ... from Wales
Two new experiences so far on this trip:
1) At the conference, a woman went completely fan girl on me. I graciously allowed her to kiss my ring.
2) After today's book store presentation, I had a lengthy conversation with a young man who believed himself to be hopelessly uncreative. By the time we parted, he 'd gone from "I have nothing to say" to "Hey, I've thought of several things I can write about." On my way back to my car, I realized I had just gotten to be the writer I wish I could've talked to when I was 23.
Tomorrow is a day off except for another 6+ hour drive. The next two events are within an hour of each other, so I'm staying roughly halfway between the two.
Just a few years ago, I could drive twelve hours at a stretch and feel fine. Twelve hours now would be a stretch.
1) At the conference, a woman went completely fan girl on me. I graciously allowed her to kiss my ring.
2) After today's book store presentation, I had a lengthy conversation with a young man who believed himself to be hopelessly uncreative. By the time we parted, he 'd gone from "I have nothing to say" to "Hey, I've thought of several things I can write about." On my way back to my car, I realized I had just gotten to be the writer I wish I could've talked to when I was 23.
Tomorrow is a day off except for another 6+ hour drive. The next two events are within an hour of each other, so I'm staying roughly halfway between the two.
Just a few years ago, I could drive twelve hours at a stretch and feel fine. Twelve hours now would be a stretch.
Gracias.
We’ll be back to whip you good! Hoo-rah!
Is it a new thing for Airbnbs to not provide window coverings? Last night it was a curtainless upstairs bathroom (yeah, I'm really gonna take a night time shower under those conditions) and today it is a main floor bedroom window. New offerings can be a crap shoot, but one expects to have the privacy afforded by window coverings.
Yesterday I learned that McDonald's made the McVeggie a permanent menu item in Canada back in early September. I would've preferred a fake meat burger like the Impossible Whopper, but I ordered one for lunch today, and it's good !
It's a very tasty chicken burger substitute, with minimalist toppings - only shredded lettuce with mayo-ish sauce. I'll give it a 4/5. For sure will be ordering it again. Love to get my snacc on.
It's a very tasty chicken burger substitute, with minimalist toppings - only shredded lettuce with mayo-ish sauce. I'll give it a 4/5. For sure will be ordering it again. Love to get my snacc on.
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