"I will Kick You in the Slats" and Other Thanksgiving Highlights

Thank you, Wikipedia.

You know I don't like to use people's proper names here as a small measure of protecting privacy. I cherish my friends and wouldn't want them to feel exposed. So I will use the following anonymous nicknames for Marsha and Jay: Marsha and Jay.

Excerpts from my T-Giving:

Marsha: "You have no ideas how stressful my job is."
Marsha: "I have the most stressful job"
Marsha: "Why am I sick? I never get a break at my job. I work all the time and it is very stressful."
Marsha: "I am allergic to tree mold."

Do you need a tutorial about the swords of the Masons? Jay is ready to tell you.

My mother threatened to "kick me in the slats." I don't know where my slats are, and don't really want to find out.

The best part of Thanksgiving 2010?

Mighty Mighty

The Mighty Mighty A-Mem returned for a whirlwind visit. And what do A-Mem and my mom have in common? A love of roosters, apparently. This is A-mem's new obsession:





And here is a quick look-see of what we saw on our travels. Why are the animals so agitated? Why are people who are supposed to be Asian....not?

Roosevelt Island, Kenya

While me and CaliE were on Roosevelt Island we came across this advertisement:

Look carefully, especially at bullet point 5.

Any takers?

No Ordinary Smartness

I have really, really smart friends. I play scrabble with them and they regularly decimate me by using words such as:

DACOITY; UVEA; NONART; OORIE; JOINTURE; AMBIT; XERIC; MULETA; CECUM; HAFIZ; MARLIER; SHIVES; AJIVA; SYNDET; TORERO; PODGY; DRAGOON; FIREBRAT; SPADIX; LANGUR; EXINE; VIRID; PARAFOIL; YAUD; YOWE; COSIE; GLEGY; OTTAVAS; FUNKIAS; AKENE; AQUAE; BAIZE; ETUI; FUGIO; KINASES; OIDIA; VIRION; GASALIER; LUNTED; ROUEN; OTIOSE; COOEY; NURIS; WOMMERA; TOGUE; PONCE; GROTTY; EYRIE; DUI; TARDO; MUEDDIN; HIN; ULVA; ARETE; CANOW; NETTY; TOGAE; BICE; ARVO; ALIFS; TIPCAT; FOLIUM

I had to look them all up...

tip·cat

-noun 1. a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
2. Also called pussy, the tapered piece of wood used in this game.

spa·dix

–noun, Botany an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe.

yaud

–noun Scot. and North England a mare, esp. an old, worn-out one.

Bonkers

A while back I attended a public hearing for organizations vying for federal block grant money in Yonkers. Here are some highlights, and they explain a lot about my work situation.

• "Everyone can overcome diversity" said one youth services provider
• One Program Director didn't know the name of her own program and started crying. Her colleague got up to try to assist and also wound up crying.
• A woman who, for all intent and purposes could not walk, got up to advocate for a parade (they did not get funded...)
• A woman who is the Executive Director of a Senior Center described senior citizens as "lonely, desolate people."
  

Welcome to Yonkers.

You Don't Say

This would have been good information 2 hours and 2 boroughs ago.

Do You KNow These Guys?

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man