Category Archives: New York City
Too Skeski For This Shard
Stick, Hugo, Diana and I spent today recoving for last night and watching The Dark Crystal, which prompted Stick to come up with one of his greatest songs ever: I’m too Skeski for this shard, too Skeski for this shard, … Continue reading
Getting Lucky
My parents just got a new dog from a sheltie rescue place. He’s a little bizarre, he only walks in clockwise circles and he’s scared of almost everything. He came to us named Lucky, which my parents say they would … Continue reading
Christmas Romance… with help from a GPS.
On Christmas Eve, I got up and showered and went to the jewelry store with my semi-brother Scep to pick up an engagement ring! No, not for me, it’s a gorgeous ring, but not nice enough to make me put … Continue reading
Gems and Grammar
I don’t just want to make a collection of weird things found on-line (go to www.Cynical-C.com for that) but I just have to share this, uh, gem. Whoever came up with Life Gems must have been playing a little too … Continue reading
Stercus Fit
Today we had a pop vocab and translation quiz in Latin and I was brilliant! Ok, maybe not quite brilliant, because my translation involved “herd of bulls” and I don’t really think bulls run in herds. But for almost two … Continue reading
The Romans and the Vikings
I just found out that SportsIllustrated.com does a live football score, with a little legend that explains what happened each quarter. I learned this interesting bit of information because I’m idly following the Vikings’ progress as I do my Latin … Continue reading
And in Conclusion, I’m Moving to China
I am moving to China in February to teach English for a year. There are many reasons, the first is that I want to go to China. And no, I don’t speak Chinese. I’m hoping to be posted at a … Continue reading
Cockroach Cluster
Last night, Paula and I were doing our Latin in Herter Hall. By “doing our Latin”, I mean we were chatting with our Latin books open. She was telling me the flowers she’s picked for her wedding (orange roses, which … Continue reading
Hallmark Rejects
If I ran Hallmark, I would make the following cards: 1) Sorry I got you killed last night. I leveled now so I won’t do it again. 2) Sure you bombed that test, but at least you did better than … Continue reading
Night Of The Knitting Dead
Someone with a twisted psyche has knitted zombies. I have more to say, but I’m off to crochet some mythical beasts now.
