Unlike so much of American English, the proper pronunciation for those little bits of wax you color with as a child is phonetic: crayons. Not crowns.
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Month: March 2009
Lots of places that sell computer and computer accessories also sell “computer toolkits.” I put that in quotes because they are kind of a joke, consisting of one useful tool and a bunch of useless stuff you will never use. If you work on computers or plan to, here is the list of items in […]
Missouri is known as the Cave State; we have over 6,000 caves. Besides caves, Missouri also has the most famous outlaw of the Old West: Jesse James. On the surface, it doesn’t seem like those two facts have anything to do with one another. However, every cave you visit in Missouri has a sign stating […]
First, let me thank you all for your prayers, cards and food. I was not anticipating spending three days in the hospital and I appreciate everything. I haven’t updated in quite a while so I plan on doing several all in one post. My husband hates seeing my posts cause he thinks I should separate ideas more, […]
Woman: “We have medium, and there are large behind you. What size do you need?” Rotund Guy: “Texas!”
“It addresses a real need.” So says David Puncil, head of GM’s flagging Hummer line of sport utility vehicles. “Our customers have given us a lot of feedback, and we’ve listened,” he says. “Over and over again our customers told us they want an oversized mammoth of a vehicle that takes up a lot of […]
Heather went in for gall bladder surgery on Thursday. It was an outpatient procedure, and we were supposed to walk out some time Thursday afternoon. We didn’t leave the hospital until Saturday afternoon. The surgery itself went fine, but recovery took some time due to complications, so we ended up staying quite some time and […]