Entries Tagged as 'weirdo'

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Learn-A-Word Wednesday: mazy \MAY-zee\

adjective:
Resembling a maze in form or complexity; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing.
By now some 20 characters are caught in the turns and baffles of Mr. Dunne’s mazy plot.
– George Stade, “A Fisherman of Guilt”, New York Times, March 28, 1982
Mazy is the adjective form of maze, which comes from Middle English mase, from masen, “to confuse, […]

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Thrush Nest Update

OK, there’s not much to update you on (great update, Wendy!).
We still have two baby Swainson thrushes and a mama who flits in and out with snacks (what she’s feeding them I don’t know). Feathers are coming in, but unless they have their beaks up it’s near impossible to see […]

Friday, July 4th, 2008

This just in: Thrush Nest Drives Homeowner to Asylum

I swear, these birds are going to be the death of me. I am CONSTANTLY worried about those tiny thrushes.
Must stop worrying. Where IS my medication?!
I don’t know if mama thrush has ever laid eggs before, but her nest building skills leave something to be desired. I now see why they build […]

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

CHECK IT OUT: Lars and the Real Girl [Time for a movie review!]

You may not have seen Lars and the Real Girl when it played for 2 days at your local theater, but I am here to tell you to find it, see it, and when it comes out next month on DVD, RENT IT! Heck, just buy the dang thing.
Sure, the idea of a guy […]

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

My Bainbridge Island police blotter

February 23:
Officers were called to the residence, a site of a possible manmouseslaughter. A match to the tire tread imprint was immediately found on the resident’s Toyota automobile. “IF I did it, it was an accident. I didn’t have anything against him,” the woman claimed. However, after officers searched the garage, […]

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

thrill-seeking in midlife

I was never one of those people who HAD to try skydiving. The thought even now makes me want to barf. I did have some thrills backpacking, kayaking, scuba diving and even helicoptering into the wilderness.
Being home all the time on a little island with a 4 year old person and […]

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Is it finders keepers if you find a. . . . dog?

My mom sent me this article about Scooter, the 1 1/2 year old pug who escaped from home and got picked up by another family who then wrote a letter to the owner of Scooter informing her that he was safe, warm and cared for by her daughter
….and not coming back!
Oh, and they included $20 […]

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