Tired of Being Youngest and I just returned from a mini-vacation at College Girl’s apartment. For four days, the three of us slept late, wandered around in our jammies, watched movies, played card games, ate cake, noshed on Thai food, ate more cake, and took a daily walk to justify our calorie consumption. And while [...]
Archive for April, 2011
And You Think Naming a Baby Is Difficult?
April 21st, 2011
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You know, if the economy gets REALLY bad, and, say, art sales are affected nationwide, then the Norwegian Artist and I will pick up second jobs with the interior/exterior paint companies naming paint colors. I found a dark orange the other day that’s perfect for the bathroom wall — assuming that it becomes exclusively my [...]
Mr. Spock Knows How to Pronounce “Exacerbate”
April 16th, 2011
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In addition to our ability to make memorably embarrassing comments, we all manage to mangle the pronunciation of the English language to such a degree that outsiders assume that we are first generation Norwegians and Poles, as opposed to third.
The Little Things Don’t Tweet and Ring
April 13th, 2011
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One of the phones buzzes; another one shrieks; the third one retches. When they all go off at once it sounds as if the dog is getting sick.
The Multi-Tasking Norwegian
April 5th, 2011
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Italian Cafe Music is a big, big mistake. Disconsolate, weeping Italians with accordions trash vaguely familiar rock songs from the 1980s.
