Thursday Thoughts

Thoughts lately:

1) There's a basic misunderstanding about libraries and bookstores. We're not arranged the same way. So, for example, when a kid walks in and asks me where they mystery section is, I kind of want to stab myself in the face.

2) Smart people do really stupid things sometimes. I was cooking and freezing pumpkins this weekend and realized after putting the pumpkin in the Pyrex and the Pyrex in the oven that I hadn't added the water in the pan. I like to do things the right way, so I added the water. Yeah. Even as I heard the shattering that preceded the POP of the pan exploding (inside the oven and right in front of my face, btw) I thought to myself; "Huh, what I just did was really stupid. I even understand the science of why this is about to-" KA-BLAM!

3) If you accidentally search for "pumpkings" instead of "pumpkins" it will really skew your Google results.

Thursday Thoughts

Thoughts lately

1) I've noticed lately that bad guys in the movies often make chilling directives into their cell phones and then break them in half, dumping them in a nearby trash can, assured that any and all evidence of their wrongdoing has now been obliterated. Somehow I don't think that's accurate...

2) Bad news from MindyLand my friends. Scott the Female Cat has fallen victim to the coyotes. At least, that's my assumption, after having missed his androgynous presence for nearly a week. Yes, it really can be a wild world out here. These guys, however, are doing just fine. Of course.

3) Biological processes are very hard to circumvent. It's getting colder outside and my bear tendencies are kicking in. I'm not hungry, but I keep eating. My brain keeps telling my body I want a nice protective layer of fat. My ego keeps saying,"DAMMIT!"

Thursday Thoughts

Thoughts Lately:

1) I want to learn another language. Thoroughly. I used to speak passable French, but I believe it's all leaked out of me since college. I also learned Koine Greek as a Religion major, but again, I believe it may have left me. Koine Greek is very much a dead language, so I don't get to practice speaking it a lot, which is where mastery comes from. I still have my textbook though, so I see myself diving back into that. I also want to learn Gaelic (or "Irish" as Google Translate calls it). Yes, I'm totally devoted to learning more things that will probably never serve a useful purpose in my daily life.

2) Related to my urge to speak Gaelic; I want to trace my Irish ancestry back to the homeland. I've managed to track the slippery McGinnis line to about 1775, and we're still in America. Pennsylvania, to be precise. Apparently we got on that boat early (knee-slapper!). I've been dead-ended in PA for about three years and need to relaunch myself in the genealogy arena. My German line was pretty thoroughly researched before I even came along, and by that I mean thoroughly. Like 15th century thoroughly.

3) I'm going to pick up playing piano again. I used to be decent. No prodigy, but better than your average stray animal.