Stuck on Lou
Wanderlust
English doesn’t have a reputation for being the most beautiful language, but it has its moments. One of these moments for me is the word wanderlust. It’s the perfect word to describe that dizzying desire to go out into the world and randomly experience whatever comes your way.
So I was disappointed when Wikipedia informed me that wanderlust is a German word that literally translates to “an enjoyment of hiking.” Hiking?? Hiking isn’t nearly as sexy as wandering!
But, as an activity that involves pre-planned trails, hideously sensible footwear, shorts with well-engineered pockets, and way too much contemplation about where/when/how to dispose of your own poop, hiking is undeniably much more German.
Sean and Louise Discuss the $1 Coin
- me: i like how the wikipedia article about dollar coins points out that susan b. anthony was "the first non-fictional woman" to appear on any currency
- me: because the mint basically went back to fictional women with sacagawea
- me: or semi-fictional
- Sean: so who's next?
- Sean: i'm kind of hoping they'll go with murphy brown
- me: maybe eleanor roosevelt?
- Sean: too gay
- Sean: TOO REAL
- me: oh right
- me: betsy ross?
- me: betsy crocker?
- me: aunt jemima
- me: maybe that's the key to this financial crisis!
- me: the government can sell the branding rights to money
- Sean: what would the mint do if the 99 cent store was the highest bidder?
Mick Fleetwood heard about Twitter for the first time this morning in an NPR interview with Scott Simon. Mick was initially wary, but he soon warmed up to the idea.
The old fogies at NPR have been going CRAZY for Twitter in the past month. Only a few weeks ago, Scott Simon first learned about Twitter himself in an on-air tutorial. And now here he is showing off his Twitter knowledge to Mick Fleetwood. He’s like that kid in the 4th grade who figures out what a blow job is and then won’t stop casually bringing it up in every conversation just to sound cool.
G-chat with G-Duck
- Garrick: Why don't we have theme parties any more? Are we so old and boring?
- me: hey, i have a blog. i am young and "with-it"
- Garrick: ok already! I have an iphone. Does that count?
- me: you do??
- Garrick: Oh wait. I don't have an iphone but I do have a giant tennis racket
- me: hmmm
- Garrick: It's really going beyond "with-it"
My sense of humor wouldn’t be what it is today if it hadn’t been for my dad and all his dumb jokes, so this blog is already kind of an unofficial memorial to him.
But because tomorrow would be his 73rd birthday, I’d like to make the tribute official. Here’s a picture of the two of us, right around the beginning of our relationship.
What It Would Be Like To Be Friends With Jeopardy
- You: Hey, what's up?
- Jeopardy: This two-letter word for the opposite of down is also the title of a 2002 Peter Gabriel album.
- You: Huh?
