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I say this online the other day and had to laugh.
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Grammar and punctuation…
They really are important.
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Let’s settle this once and for all.
Tag Archives: grammar
Random nonsense.
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Because my life is full of it.
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Worst. Band. Name. Ever….
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As I’ve said before, I’m always 10 years off trend. When I redid my kitchen a decade ago I wanted blue and grey but everything was green and beige. Now that I’m redoing my living room and want green and beige, everything is blue and grey.
But aside from grandma’s drapes, I prefer the before picture here with the warm wood tones and stone fireplace.
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That’s Lord Dudley, and he doesn’t ever see the bottom of the bowl.
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This made me laugh out loud when my husband thought it was a breakfast place that served the corned beef variety.
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I excel at all those things, but after reading the title I’d say the author needs help with preposition placement.
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More (not really) helpful survival tips.
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A few more tips that are weird enough to share.
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Well damn. That blows the veracity of every cartoon I watched as a kid right out of the water.
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Okay, that’s a pretty handy tip if it works…. but am I the only one who substituted the word kindling for kindle every time they read it? Kindling is a noun, kindle is a verb. Unless they plan on setting their ereaders on fire… this is grammatically incorrect.
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You know I’m going to try this, but since everyone’s hands are different sizes I may have more daylight left than you. Neener neener.
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Yes. Because everyone has a termite mound in their backyard …
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Assorted silliness
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Because we could all use a bit more of that these days.
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Maybe not, but it looks like a lot more fun.
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I’m confused. In my glory days my breasts looked nothing like a cow….
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And by now? My tolerance is pretty high.
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If he’s like me, it’s the fact that your sentence ends with a preposition.
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Language is a beautiful thing.
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I speak a little French, a touch of German and even less Latin… though technically I guess no one speaks Latin, we just trot it out at cocktail parties to impress people… which ironically, often has the opposite effect.
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When I was young my mother taught me a few helpful phrases in Hungarian… so if you’re ever in Budapest and need to say, Come here and kiss me? I’m your girl.
Language is a fascinating thing, but I’ve always felt sorry for people who need to learn ours…. because let’s face it, English is all over the place.
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I never thought about any of these…
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But they’re so true!
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Yup.
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English.
It’s clear as mud.
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Flotsam and jetsam.
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A little bit of this and that for your reading pleasure.
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I really don’t want crabs, but human sized rubber claws are mighty tempting.
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I have to admit I had no idea what the term whisker biscuit meant.
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Well, okay then….
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Underboob funk?
Please, if you can spread this ridiculous product all over your body? How about spreading those ‘ly’ adverbs through your ad copy as well.
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That’s pretty much my take on it. And while I still love Seuss and the crazy creatures of my childhood, if you do your research and check out some of his racist drawings? You wouldn’t want children exposed to them either. It’s not erasing history, it’s learning not to repeat it.
And if that’s too serious a note to end on, here’s one more chuckle.
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Ponder that image for the rest of the day.
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Floating shelves that don’t float and non existent outlets.
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Now that the bar construction was complete, it was time to outfit it. And while we’re still waiting for the chairs and wall shelves to be completed….. I wanted some shelving inside the bar for glasses and various drinking paraphernalia.
Enter the floating black shelves I found.
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If you’ve never put up floating shelves? I don’t recommend it. They look and sound lovely…. though they’re anything but for the poor schmuck who has to install them.
And I think we all know who my poor schmuck is.
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Two shelves and two hours later, my other half was less than pleased with my choice. He was even less pleased when I told him I would be buying two more.
Moving along…. the mini beverage fridge was slid into place.
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And plugged in.
Although that didn’t go well either.
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Considering the electrical outlet is on the opposite wall. This is something the husband didn’t contemplate when he bought the fridge and though I did…. I kept quiet and let him discover it all on his own.
I’m thoughtful that way.
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( The electrician will be here in two weeks to add outlets. )
And one more thing… while reading the instruction booklet for proper beverage cooling procedure? I had to laugh.
( read marked lines )
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Something tells me this unit was not made in the good ole USA.
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I love my town.
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And what passes for local news on their Facebook page.
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No, I don’t know what’s happening either. But turtles are involved so it must be good.
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Goat shooing happens more often than you think here.
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Now this is news!
While we do live in Maine, moose are more commonly seen up north. Having one stroll our river is a sure way to fire up the locals.
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This is another type of wildlife sighting altogether. A traveling donkey who spends a few nights on your lawn by request. Made by a local artist, his name is Mr. H.
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Goats are still on the loose.
Clearly their walkabout is causing concern.
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But in happier news, the slandering chicken is back home on the drivay.
Perhaps if her owner learned how to spell she’d stay home more often.
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The very definition of random.
Let’s start with a beautiful picture I snapped the other night when we took a ride up the coast.
Maine summer on the ocean.
You can’t beat it.
Our neighbor invited us over to see their tree house up close and personal.
Yes, the tree adjacent tree house I complained about in my blog a while back.
So… which one of you weasels ratted me out?
Adverbs.
Or rather, the death of them… is driving me to drink.
Real delicious?
Make the next one a double.
Grocery store bouquets.
Because sometimes a girl just has to buy herself flowers.
Socks… for my table?
Wonder if the dryer will eat those as well.
And finally, because you know I couldn’t resist….
You’re welcome.
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