Sesquiotica

The days of labour may sometimes be thankless, but they need not be swankless.

Aina and I are taking tapdance lessons.

Just about 90% of the phone calls I get anymore are scams.

What is, and what is not, invention?

Sometimes you get into the sauce and things go south: you sluice whatever’s in the house into your mouth, you start to get salty, your brain turns to brine, and you’re pickled.

I’ve lived in Ontario for nearly 30 years.

Today Dolly Parton left us.

“How was your evening out on The Esplanade yesterday?”

Some would-be genii will tell you – without being asked – that the plural of octopus is octopi and the plural of omnibus is omnibi and, for that matter, the plural of hocus-pocus (why do you even need one) is hoci-poci.

If someone tells a funny joke, do you chuckle?

As I was chatting with Timmy Danos and Donna Ferrante (see my word tasting notes on free rein and horse idioms), Maury at last appeared, holding a Bellini.

“I guess I availed myself of some free rain with those horse words,” Timmy Danos said, chuckling a little.

It was the trial membership open house for the Order of Logogustation, and I was circulating, doing my best impression of an extravert to welcome prospective members.

Mimeograph is a word of memories, although of course that’s relative.

“It’s the penultimate experience.”