Entries from July 2008

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Project Runway notes, or Tim in da hood

This week from Project Runway (spoilers included!):
My ears bled last night when Tim Gunn said “Holla!” Did yours? I think he thought he was ordering a sandwich, bless his heart.
Suede, Mr. blue mohawk man, Wendy thinks that Suede should either SHUT UP or learn about first person pronouns. Wendy does not like […]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Learn-A-Word Wednesday: claque \KLACK\

noun:
1. A group hired to applaud at a performance.
2. A group of fawning admirers.
Charles Bukowski suffers from too good a press– a small but loudly enthusiastic claque.
– Kenneth Rexroth, “There’s Poetry in a Ragged Hitch-Hiker”, New York Times, July 5, 1964
Claque comes from French, from claquer, “to clap,” ultimately of imitative origin.
Yes, you know what […]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

my kid COULD have drawn that….and other parental confessions

Folks, it’s confession time. I just need to get a few things off my chest [insert boob joke here].
I’m figuring it’s not only me who does this. Tell me that’s true.
Here’s the scene:
Your rushed for time. A little friend’s birthday party is about to start, and you realize you forgot to have […]

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

tv tears

Today, Absolutely Bananas has suggested the subject of HEARTBREAK.
What first sprang to mind on this topic? Easy.
The cancellation of Men in Trees (I can’t even link to a show page because abc.com acts like it never existed).
Yes, it was Northern Exposure remade (with a female lead, yay! although it was nutjob Anne Heche, […]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Lessons from Project Runway this week

I have just a few notes from PR, including spoilers, so be forewarned.
First off, Wesley’s dress WAS bad (and he seemed to know it), so adios. Also, his name kinda bugged me. The Hubs would guess he got beat up on the playground a lot.
Blayne, who annoyed me the first show, cracked me […]

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Learn-A-Word Wednesday: mephitic \muh-FIT-ik\

adjective:
1. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
2. Poisonous; noxious.
Mephitic is the adjective form of mephitis, “a foul-smelling or noxious exhalation from the earth; a stench from any source,” from the Latin.

I’ll probably get in trouble for this one for revealing personal information (hi hubs! luv ya!), but wth, this IS a blog.
First thing that […]

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Attention! Reptile class now in session!

Since we had all those thrush photos here and here and here and here, here and here, today is equal time for reptiles.
Geez, I was turning into a birdieblogger. So, this is probably not equal time…
We saw the Reptile Man today. Once again, another excellent show.
Cobra, looking all mean and scary.
These guys, Gaboon […]

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