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@voicework Evidently not in tiny backwater elementary schools in Indiana in the 80’s. I ended up with a trumpet, which at least was LOUD. ๐Ÿ™‚


Halloween Pumpkin Price Watch: $19.99 at Costco. I get why they’re $$, but I just can’t. http://t.co/FojUrzMA


Jamie’s 30 Min Meals #34: Meatball Sandwich, Pickled Cabbage, Chopped Salad, & Banana Ice Cream. http://t.co/KCn0oYpT Good but not awesome.


@CleaSR From the book? I don’t know of a chicken Maryland meal in here. Was it the Cypriot chicken? We liked that one.


@randomknits Drugs? I had my GP prescribe me some drugs for when I have too many of those nights in a row.


@randomknits I get temazepam, but I had to promise to only take rarely and never with alcohol. (It’s highly habit-forming.) Works for me.


@witty_knitter @randomknits Nah, I went nuclear. My biggest problem is waking up a lot during the night. Does valerian work for that?


I wish I was a bus driver… so I could see if smoothly accelerating and decelerating is as difficult as this jackass makes it out to be.


@redambition Both Rodd and I have had it crash once each. #anecdata


@liedra Well, I think you’ll find the word is French. And they pronounce it like the Yanks. ๐Ÿ™‚


@betsybookworm Eh, that’s the kind of wrongheaded thinking that leads to people typing “WAH-LAH” in Internet forums.


@betsybookworm “Voila” is a French word that people also spell/pronounce incorrectly. “Fill-it” sounds just as wrong to my ears as “wah-lah”


@betsybookworm @liedra Eh, I’m mostly prescriptivist so I’ll go with that. I still think “fill-it” sounds weird tho, even after 10 years. ๐Ÿ™‚



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