Webster’s defines the word “literal” as “in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the primary or exact meaning of a word or words”.
There are some people who take everything literally. Like Greg. Remember Greg from the Brady Bunch? Remember the episode where he wanted to use “exact words” and it back fired on him? What? [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 31, 2007
The Literal Side of Things
July 29, 2007
Faster Than A…
How fast is fast? Maybe it depends what you’re measuring. Or who you’re asking.
Surely, at some point, you’ve had a passenger in your car tell you to “SLOW DOWN! You’re driving too fast!”
No? Okay, maybe it’s just me. But then I AM used to driving on the interstate everyday and I’m just trying to keep [...]
July 27, 2007
Blue Denim
Thank you, Mom. Thank you for buying me my first pair of Levi’s when I was in the 5th grade. My friend Ann had a pair, my friend Valerie had a pair, and even my friend Kathy had a pair, I think. I didn’t know what Levi’s were exactly, but I knew one thing: those [...]
July 25, 2007
Dead Santa
Tell me, just WHAT do you say when your 5 year old child, riding in the backseat of the car asks you out of the blue, “Mom, does Santa Claus die? And what do they do if he dies? Do they get a replacement for him? How quickly can they get a replacement for him? [...]
July 23, 2007
Different Monsters
Who were the monsters that you believed in as a kid? Or rather, where did they hide and how could they get you?
For my son and I, they must be different.
When I was a kid, I was concerned about monsters in my closet, under my bed, and in the basement. I don’t remember the monsters [...]
July 20, 2007
Food for Thought
Yes, I did in fact eat a hunk of cheese, two pepperoni sticks (think Slim Jims) and a triple scoop of chocolate ice cream for dinner.
Horrified? Me, too. But don’t worry. That’s NOT what I fed my kid. He had leftover fish, some rice, and green beans with a healthy dose of ketchup (it counts [...]
July 19, 2007
Ya’ll Ready for This?
(Whispering) Come ‘ere. Can I show you something? Look… over there. (Normal voice) No, not there. THERE! To the right of your screen. You may have to scroll down a bit. See what I’m talking about? Those two boxes? One is rectangular and pink with a yellow star and one looks Steven Segal’s biceps. Dreamy aren’t [...]
July 16, 2007
Sicko
I have to tell you about Sicko. No, not the movie. I haven’t seen it yet. Have you? I want to see it. But in order to see it I’d have to call the babysitter (who’s probably booked out until Kingdom Come) and find a date that she’s available. Then I’d have to take out [...]
July 14, 2007
This is Me
This is me, before the start of marathon training season back about 3 months ago, talking to Kathy, the training coordinator for my running “club”:
“Kathy, I think I’m going to sign up to run with the group again this year. But I am not going to show up for the speed test because I’m busy [...]
