Entries Tagged as 'Increasing my word nerd power'

Fun with Steph and Scruff

September 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Gloriously random, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Increasing my word nerd power, Stinkbert & Scruffalupagus & Monster Dog

See Scruff. Scruff and Steph are friends. Scruff loves Steph.   See Steph. Look, Scruff! There is Steph! See Scruff see Steph. See Scruff jump on Steph. See Steph kick Scruff (more like a foot shove, really).   Scruff is not happy. Scruff wants to sit on Steph’s lap. Scruff wants to sleep in bed [...]

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Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do

September 21st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Increasing my word nerd power, Stuff you need to know about

Last night my friend Sherene tagged me in something she’d posted on Facebook. It was language-related, and she figured I’d enjoy it since I’m a word nerd. (She was right. I loved it.) It was a list of funny analogies, supposedly submitted by high school students to their English class. One of those things that [...]

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On unpacking and playing with words

September 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Bringin the crazy, Increasing my word nerd power, Mediocre housekeeping, The Editrix, Things I like

Edna St. Vincent Millay Last Thursday I finally finished unpacking Abby’s room – from our move in June. The girl just has too many toys. They stayed in boxes for a long time because we hadn’t figured out where to store them. That morning, I woke up with a plan, and after two hours, I’d [...]

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Brought to you by Words with Friends

August 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Gloriously random, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Increasing my word nerd power, Life with a tween, Parenting, Stinkbert & Scruffalupagus & Monster Dog, Travel: Taking the crazy around the world

Do you play Words with Friends? It’s just like Scrabble, if you’re not familiar. You can play against friends from all over the world via Facebook and/or a smartphone app. Anyway, I’ve been playing for a few weeks, and frankly, I stink. I can come up with words pretty easily. But I don’t do well [...]

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I’m a Wednesday Hodgepodge Noob

August 17th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Adventures in "cooking", Blogging about blogging about blogging, Gloriously random, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Increasing my word nerd power, Linkiness, Mediocre housekeeping

I have a bloggy friend named Joyce who writes at From This Side of the Pond.  I think we connected initially because of our shared love of the United Kingdom. Plus, she makes me laugh. For awhile now, Joyce has been hosting a blog carnival called Wednesday Hodgepodge. It’s kind of a celebration of randomness, [...]

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Just a Bit More Welly, Gromit!

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Increasing my word nerd power

“Just a bit more Welly, Gromit!” If you’ve watched any “Wallace and Gromit” movies, you probably didn’t even know WHAT was being said, much less what it meant. Luckily for you, I have cracked the code and shall come to your aid. Wellies = waterproof boots. The expression “a bit more Welly” means “give it [...]

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