Archive for November 2006
Seth’s Prophetic Golden Dream
Posted by: tpsky on: November 27, 2006
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There is this email that has been circulating. It lists 25 funniest analogies/metaphors collected from (supposedly) actual high school essays. (Many commenters of this blog believed they were actually purposely crafted by established writers, and not simple misuse of English language by high school students.)
Well, I have one bad paragraph of my own:
Seth [...]
Bye Bye (a.k.a Hide and Seek)
Posted by: tpsky on: November 27, 2006
“Bye Bye,” my 19-month-old daughter M waved her hand. (Translation: Go hide so I can find you.)
“Bye Bye,” My husband and I enthusiastically waved back as we continued to sit around the kitchen table chatting.
“Bye Bye! Bye Bye!” Her voice now had an elevated urgency.
I looked at her smiling.
“Bye Bye,” she [...]
Material Girl
Posted by: tpsky on: November 27, 2006
I think we’re inherently materialistic. It’s simple. You can’t see or hear or touch what people are thinking. But when you see food, you know it’s meant to be eaten.
My daughter is 19-month-old (okay, almost 20-month-old), and she’s obsessed about shoes. (Dom’t look at me. I wear a pair of simple [...]
The Night Before Thanksgiving
Posted by: tpsky on: November 23, 2006
This is what having a child does to you. When the child is little, you’re tied down to the kid’s nap and bedtime schedules. And you don’t take as many long trips. Then when the child is older, you can’t even take a trip to Europe for Thanksgiving without hearing some sighs [...]
Babel
Posted by: tpsky on: November 21, 2006
Wandering into the living room…
“Hi.”
“Hi.”
“Were you reading the New York Times online?”
“No. I was surfing other sites.”
“Oh.”
…
…
“Oh, I have to show you this really cool art blog I found on New York Times.”
“I thought you said you weren’t looking at New York Times.”
“Well, not right before you asked me the question.”
“In that case, I [...]
V for Vendetta and Vox Populi
Posted by: tpsky on: November 17, 2006
We watched V for Vendetta the other day. And now I’m interested in reading the original graphic novel, as I know there are quite some differences, and Alan Moore, the original author, did not endorse the Hollywood version. I may read “The Watchmen” first though, since my husband told me “The Watchmen” is [...]
Female Chauvinist Pigs
Posted by: tpsky on: November 15, 2006
This just boggles my mind. I guess it’s not trendy to desire true love and respect anymore. Instead of struggling with the insecurity of not being pretty enough, smart enough, we do away such base emotion by trashing ourselves and amusing ourselves by seeing women the ways male chauvinist pigs see us. [...]
The Car Dealers Are Worse Than HMOs
Posted by: tpsky on: November 10, 2006
Two months ago my car had shifting issues while I was on my way to work. Not knowing what it was, other than that the check engine light was on, the gear indicator was blinking, and it seemed like I was stuck on low speed (though I couldn’t really test that out since I [...]
Just When I Thought I Was Done Filling Bubbles
Posted by: tpsky on: November 8, 2006
- In: Humorous| Voting| election| humor
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Went to vote after work yesterday because every vote counts, and it’s very important everybody performs his/her civic duties. I wasn’t familiar with the polling place, but just followed where everybody was going. Found the line for our precinct and reported our street name, number, and my name. The lady at the [...]
Mercury Will Be Passing Over the Face of the Sun
Posted by: tpsky on: November 8, 2006
Today Mercury will travel across the face of the sun, and at least part of the transit will be visible in various part of the North America and Hawaii, starting around 2:12 pm EST. However, according to NASA it will only appear as 1/194 the size of the sun and so a telescope would [...]
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