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A classic hit, surely.

Reader Poll: Tap Water.

What do you guys think about drinking water straight from the tap in the bathroom sink?

a) Totally fine. It's not like it's the toilet for God's sake.

b) Okay - as long as you drink from your cupped hands or a glass, not just putting your mouth under the tap like a drinking fountain.

c) Only okay for tooth-brushing purposes, and that mostly gets spat out again.

d) From the TAP??!! What are you, some kind of animal?

e) *splutter* *retch* Can't talk, busy looking for some Lysol to gargle with.


Full disclosure: I'm an A-B on this one. Go ahead & judge me.

Literal Sketches #2: This one's easy.

A quick & dirty one for Friday.

Word Power Wednesday.

I am a loquacious, lamentably lachrymose lady.

loquacious: (adj.) very talkative.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin loquax, from loqui to speak.

lachrymose: (adj.) literary
1 prone to frequent bouts of crying; liable to cry without much provocation.
2 said of a novel, play, film, etc: very sad; likely to make someone cry.
lachrymosely adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin lacrima tear.

I really like these two words, not only because they are very descriptive of me but they are just impressive and good to say.

How would you describe yourself? In the most impressive, alliterative way, please.


(All definitions shamelessly purloined from the Chambers Online Dictionary)

Literal Sketches #1: Guess!

Okay, it's not that hard - blogs are supposed to be fun, not hard work! But if you don't get it, put your mouse over the pic for the answer.

I'm thinking of making this a series, not sure yet if they will all be in the same style or all different or what. I have a few more I think it'd be fun to do.

Awwww... I mean, oh crap, what do I do now?!

So we found out that the scritchy-scratching little bastard vermin in our roof is actually a squirrel.

Not just any squirrel. A momma squirrel with three tiny adorable babas in a leafy nest in the corner of our attic. They have big bobbly heads and tiny pathetic leafy tails, like cartoonish versions of the real thing.

Rats I don't mind trapping, and by trapping I mean killing with spring-loaded traps*. I don't want to do that to squirrels. I would chase them out of the roof and just board that sucker up so they couldn't get back in, but I don't want to chase Momma out because her little darlings aren't old enough to leave the nest yet so they can't go with her.

We've been advised that if we bother them a bit Momma may move them to a safer location, but for now we've just sectioned off that part of the attic.

Damn adorable, precious little bastards.

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UPDATE: Momma has moved the babies - the squirrels have left the building! Now we just have to figure a way to keep them out...


*Can you tell I just discovered text sizing? heeheehee!

Forgive me Blogger, for I have sinned. Also, ribbit.

I made a jokey comment on another blog that was supposed to be funny but came off as mean. It hurt that blogger's feelings and I feel effing terrible about it, and I'm so sorry.

So in a desperately transparent effort to worm my way back into his good graces, I am breaking my promise to myself to stop pimping out other bloggers (because they're all better than me and all my readers bugger off to their blogs instead of reading mine) to bring you someone who is indeed one of the cool, beautiful people.

Allow me to introduce you to Trinity.

Trinity is awesome because:

1. Trinity is his real name. It's just a freaking cool name. Like a badass video game character or something.

2. The This Book Will Change Your Life Experiment - as he puts it, said Book is "a 365 page instruction manual for adding crazy shit into your life". He performs daily tasks as instructed by the Book and blogs his experiences for your reading pleasure. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do anything like this on a blog, and I really like it! Luckily he writes in an engaging and entertaining way, because even the best story needs to be told right.

There's no way in hell I'd ever do something that requires so much effort and commitment, but this way I can do it vicariously. Yay! It was an easy instant add to my ginormo reading list.

3. He is the soul-twin of my dear friend, ex-blogger The Girl with the Pink Teacup. Anyone Miss Teacup likes is instantly all right in my book, so in a way, Trinity had pre-approval before I even "met" him. She likes him so much she sent him Freddo Frogs, which brings me to the next part...

4. Trinity also goes by the blogger name of Newt the Wonder Frog. Now, a Wonder Frog sounds pretty awesome in itself, but this is because frogs are awesome already and here's why:

• Frogs are the first indicators of an ecosystem going tits-up. If the frogs are gone, everything else is headed for doom.

• Tree frogs are awesome. They look like plastic or rubber but they are real and they have adorable roundy toe pads. Also they get in the shower with you at your friend's house in the Australian bush. Not because they're pervy, but because it's delightfully humid in there, just like a rainforest.

• Poison Dart frogs are awesome. Toxic secretions from their skin are used by the indigenous peoples of Central & South America to poison the tips of blow-darts (wiki here), and also, they come in a delightful Crayola range of colors.

• Frog Princes are a staple of popular culture. No other animal has as much chance of turning into a prince as the frog. It's just a fact. Although there is little to no data on whether His Highness continues to eat flies after gaining human form.

• Freddo Frogs, as mentioned before, are Australian chocolate frogs available either in solid chocolate or filled with various flavors of delicious goo. And y'all know I like my candy.


So there you have it, now go visit Trinity and tell him I sent you and said he was cool, beautiful and awesome! and then please come back and read me.