Late bloomer...

Sometimes I fall into the bad habit of measuring others by my own experiences. At lunchtime, someone was discussing Anna Nicole Smith’s train wreck of a TV show, and someone mentioned, "I feel sorry for her kid, having to go to school and face his fellow students, when his mom has that show!"

I shook my head in consternation, and said "She has a teenager?!" Too me, not only does she not seem capable, she doesn’t seem old enough. "Oh yes," D. said. "She’s my age, at least." And while D. is 8 years younger than me, I know she has a nearly-14-year-old son, though you wouldn’t think it to look at her.

I have this mistaken bias that I’m in the same age group as other mom’s with kids my age, when the truth is that many of them are as much as twenty years my junior, and many people my age have kids ready to leave home (or already have).

I’m a late bloomer in many respects. It’s confusing sometimes.

Late bloomer...

Sometimes I fall into the bad habit of measuring others by my own experiences. At lunchtime, someone was discussing Anna Nicole Smith’s train wreck of a TV show, and someone mentioned, "I feel sorry for her kid, having to go to school and face his fellow students, when his mom has that show!"

I shook my head in consternation, and said "She has a teenager?!" Too me, not only does she not seem capable, she doesn’t seem old enough. "Oh yes," D. said. "She’s my age, at least." And while D. is 8 years younger than me, I know she has a nearly-14-year-old son, though you wouldn’t think it to look at her.

I have this mistaken bias that I’m in the same age group as other mom’s with kids my age, when the truth is that many of them are as much as twenty years my junior, and many people my age have kids ready to leave home (or already have).

I’m a late bloomer in many respects. It’s confusing sometimes.

Expand your vocabulary with Leeanne......

Taken from Merriam-Wesbter Word of the Day:

estival • \ESS-tuh-vul\ • (adjective)
: of or relating to the summer

Example sentence:
Curt basked in the simple estival joys, lolling in his hammock in the heat of midday, sipping an icy lemonade, and listening to the gentle hum of nearby bees.

Did you know?
"Estival" and "festival" look so much alike (and the estival months lend themselves so well to festivals) that you might think they're very closely related, but that isn't the case. "Estival" traces back to "aestas," which is the Latin word for "summer" (and which also gave us "estivate," a verb for spending the summer in a torpid state—a sort of hot-weather equivalent of hibernation). "Festival" also comes from Latin, but it has a different and unrelated root. It derives from "festivus," a term that means "festive" or "merry." "Festivus" is also the ancestor of "festive," as well as "festivity," the much rarer "festivous" (which also means "festive"), and the also rare "infestive," meaning "not merry, mirthless."

Well, I knew about estivating, but this was a new one.

Main Entry: ob·strep·er·ous <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif>
Pronunciation: &b-'stre-p(&-)r&s, äb-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to clamor against, from ob- against + strepere to make a noise
Date: circa 1600
1 : marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : CLAMOROUS
2 : stubbornly resistant to control : UNRULY
synonym see VOCIFEROUS
- ob·strep·er·ous·ly adverb
- ob·strep·er·ous·ness noun

Used in a news article about the air marshals who detained an "obstreperous" passenger, and pointed guns at other passengers while doing it.

Expand your vocabulary with Leeanne......

Taken from Merriam-Wesbter Word of the Day:

estival • \ESS-tuh-vul\ • (adjective)
: of or relating to the summer

Example sentence:
Curt basked in the simple estival joys, lolling in his hammock in the heat of midday, sipping an icy lemonade, and listening to the gentle hum of nearby bees.

Did you know?
"Estival" and "festival" look so much alike (and the estival months lend themselves so well to festivals) that you might think they're very closely related, but that isn't the case. "Estival" traces back to "aestas," which is the Latin word for "summer" (and which also gave us "estivate," a verb for spending the summer in a torpid state—a sort of hot-weather equivalent of hibernation). "Festival" also comes from Latin, but it has a different and unrelated root. It derives from "festivus," a term that means "festive" or "merry." "Festivus" is also the ancestor of "festive," as well as "festivity," the much rarer "festivous" (which also means "festive"), and the also rare "infestive," meaning "not merry, mirthless."

Well, I knew about estivating, but this was a new one.

Main Entry: ob·strep·er·ous <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif>
Pronunciation: &b-'stre-p(&-)r&s, äb-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to clamor against, from ob- against + strepere to make a noise
Date: circa 1600
1 : marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : CLAMOROUS
2 : stubbornly resistant to control : UNRULY
synonym see VOCIFEROUS
- ob·strep·er·ous·ly adverb
- ob·strep·er·ous·ness noun

Used in a news article about the air marshals who detained an "obstreperous" passenger, and pointed guns at other passengers while doing it.

Y2K...

From the News From Lake Wobegon (a rerun from 1999):

"In the cemetery, there are graves belonging to several men who died some time ago, and to save a few bucks they added their wives names as well, who were still living. Their names were there and under the the year, 19--. The men died quite a long time ago, and I guess the 21st century seemed a long way away at the time.

So, now our cemetary is not Y2k compliant. "

-Garrison Keillor

Y2K...

From the News From Lake Wobegon (a rerun from 1999):

"In the cemetery, there are graves belonging to several men who died some time ago, and to save a few bucks they added their wives names as well, who were still living. Their names were there and under the the year, 19--. The men died quite a long time ago, and I guess the 21st century seemed a long way away at the time.

So, now our cemetary is not Y2k compliant. "

-Garrison Keillor

In which I am on too many mailing lists....

Tongue in the Mail - Split Enz, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Tim Finn or anything related
Loose Tongue - Similar to above people don't fly off the handle if if you post something off topic
Forked Tongue - similar, but very very strict rules. I think people are too initimidated to post there - I know I am. It might have been a April Fool's joke.
Fancovers - forgot about this one no ones posted in a long time. Supposed to contribute vocals or instruments to make covers of songs. Don't know what happening with it. I like to sing - but whether anyone likes me to sing is another story....
World Class Rock - people digusted with the state of radio in L.A and dreadfully miss KSCA and 101.9
Daily Grist - daily list of enviromentally related articles - I'm amazed at how many of these come from the Christian Science Monitor
Vejetesai - from author of fanfic Vejetesai Ascendant - she hasn't posted anything for almost a year, so it's exciting to hear she is putting up chapters again
VAML - Dicussion group for the above (rather slow right now)
DBZ-Fanfiction - self explanatory
Saiyajin Secrets - DBZ yaoi and shonen-ai, hmm, what am I getting myself into?

(BYO, these last two are your fault! Yes I'm just lurking so far.)

No wonder I can't keep up with my e-mail, plus all the communities I belong to here at LJ that show up on my friends list. Hmm, sadly lacking in Trekkish or X-files stuff - perhaps my tastes are changing....

Edited to say I forgot I just joined Merriam-Webster Word O' the Day - which started me thinking about this whole entry! And how could I forget The Serious Shrine - Yahoo is such a cutie - wish he'd do stuff more often. I can't believe Young Einstein isn't on DVD yet! One of my favorite movies.

In which I am on too many mailing lists....

Tongue in the Mail - Split Enz, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Tim Finn or anything related
Loose Tongue - Similar to above people don't fly off the handle if if you post something off topic
Forked Tongue - similar, but very very strict rules. I think people are too initimidated to post there - I know I am. It might have been a April Fool's joke.
Fancovers - forgot about this one no ones posted in a long time. Supposed to contribute vocals or instruments to make covers of songs. Don't know what happening with it. I like to sing - but whether anyone likes me to sing is another story....
World Class Rock - people digusted with the state of radio in L.A and dreadfully miss KSCA and 101.9
Daily Grist - daily list of enviromentally related articles - I'm amazed at how many of these come from the Christian Science Monitor
Vejetesai - from author of fanfic Vejetesai Ascendant - she hasn't posted anything for almost a year, so it's exciting to hear she is putting up chapters again
VAML - Dicussion group for the above (rather slow right now)
DBZ-Fanfiction - self explanatory
Saiyajin Secrets - DBZ yaoi and shonen-ai, hmm, what am I getting myself into?

(BYO, these last two are your fault! Yes I'm just lurking so far.)

No wonder I can't keep up with my e-mail, plus all the communities I belong to here at LJ that show up on my friends list. Hmm, sadly lacking in Trekkish or X-files stuff - perhaps my tastes are changing....

Edited to say I forgot I just joined Merriam-Webster Word O' the Day - which started me thinking about this whole entry! And how could I forget The Serious Shrine - Yahoo is such a cutie - wish he'd do stuff more often. I can't believe Young Einstein isn't on DVD yet! One of my favorite movies.

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The ants are committing suicide in the freezer again

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The ants are committing suicide in the freezer again