A quick one, because it’s been a nutty day and I’m mentally exhausted. I started thinking of this blog when I put some pecans (best nut in the world) on my lunchtime salad. A couple of random things about nuts that popped into my head while I grazed. Peanuts The peanut is a legume, which…
Category: A to Z Challenge 2015
Mammon, M in the #AtoZchallenge
Ye cannot serve both God and mammon. – (Pick a Bible, King James mostly) [Warning: I ramble a bit in this one – more than usual.] I originally was going with “money” until 11 years of Catholic school kicked in and “Mammon” popped into my brain. I’ve always loved that word, mammon. Just sounds impressive,…
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Lauren and Casey; Casey and Lauren #AtoZchallenge
Lauren and Casey. Casey and Lauren. Turdbirds Numbers One and Two (no idea, ask my Mama where she got that nomenclature from -- hmmm, might've been Meme). Even though they have singly and, sometimes, as a unit driven me slightly bonkers (and they've been threatened with defenestration), I can't imagine what my life would be…
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Kitties, The #AtoZchallenge
Now, if push ever came to shove, I'm a dog person deep down. Choosing between either one isn't a choice, I'm going dog every time. However, I do love my kitties. Over the years, I've had some great and awful cats: Mittens, who died too young and chased three dogs away from my brother Kirk when…
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Jam, Jelly, and the #AtoZchallenge
Jam has got to be one of those words that drive non-native speakers nuts. It’s an adjective, a noun, a verb, and an adverb (I’m pretty sure jammy is an adverb, I’m not looking it up). Something you eat. An impatient action. A situation. I’ve never been a huge fan of jam (the foodstuff). Or…
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Inigo Montoya, Content Marketing, and the #AtoZchallenge
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies. As Peter Faulk’s Grandpa says, it’s got it all: fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles . . . And what fan of the movie doesn’t utter the best revenge line of all now and then (Preferably said with a horrible Spanish…
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Half-Assed (#AtoZchallenge)
Love this word, though the real words for half-assed are almost as good as the fun one: desultory, offhand, perfunctory, careless, superficial, half-baked, haphazard, slapdash, and sloppy. I originally was going to go with “help” as my “H-word,” but this one’s more fun. Plus, essentially all I had to say about help was “If you…
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Gettysburg – One of My Favorite Places (#AtoZchallenge)
My love affair with the Civil War began with a question to my Meme. I must’ve been 7 or 8. I can’t remember the exact question, but I remember Meme and Pawpan were sitting in their respective chairs in the living room when I asked. She got up and pulled the “C” (I think it…
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F and My Favorite Word (#AtoZchallenge)
Anyone who knows me probably has a good guess as to what this is. It’s the most versatile word in the English language. Noun. Verb. Adverb. Insult. Exclamation. Adjective. Exultation. Use it any number of ways. Note: beyond the line, NSFW. I thought about going in a different direction: faith (with a nod to George…
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E and the Pursuit of Everything (#AtoZchallenge)
You can have it all. Get everything you can. You deserve the best of everything. I want it all.* Really, who doesn’t want it all? But what’s all. And what’s everything? When I first started thinking about this post earlier today, it was a screed against consumerism and our throw away culture. But, meh, we…
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