Some things that I observe/that annoy me/that I think are kind of neat....


No one ever carries umbrellas anymore. They used to be carried like walking sticks. They were an emblem of style. What happened? Where did they go? It still rains, right?

Why does the paper always have to write, when there is a fire, "FIRE DESTROYS WINSLOW HOME?" We know what a freakin fire does there Paully McPulitzer...fires usually dont IMPROVE homes (unless they are in a cozy wood stove, right?) Time and space are important to newsies. We get it. Just have the headline say FIRE. WINSLOW. We'll figure out the rest. Trust us.

The word RENOWN is funny (as in "she was a doctor of great renown" or something). So the "nown" part is derived from the same root as the word "know," which, as everyone knows, means 'to be acquainted with." So if someone is 'renowned' does that mean they are a famous person everyone FORGOT about and then RE-KNEW? Because that is what the word suggests, right? Can a person just be famous in the first place? Or, to be renowned, do they have to be re-acquainted with their public after a hiatus?  Aren't I sad?


People who swing on trapezes in circuses, etc are the only athletes I know of that are regularly called "artists." Right?? Even ballerinas and gymnasts are just called, well, ballerinas and gymnasts. And what they do is amazing...so why are not they given credit? But then you have these circus performers and why arent they just called "trapezers" or something? And what the heck is a "trapeze" anyway? At any rate, just think about that: They are always called "artists." Weird.

I cant remember if I mentioned this ever before, but oh well: It is weird when you think about the way young people vs old people talk about how much something costs. Let's say a shirt at LL Crap costs 40 bucks. Young people will say "It costs 40 bucks." But old people will say " THEY WANT 40 bucks for that shirt." Old people always personify the corporation, making it somehow more "romantic" by using the phrase "they want." Almost as if "want" is a conditional word and, perhaps, if they told the associate they are a veteran or something, they could get a discount--"want" implies that the price COULD change. Have you ever noticed this before? I notice this all the time. And, because I am such a nerd and word-lover, using the phrase "they want" [whatever the price is] almost implies that the vendor is somehow very proud of their product and want to be 'reimbursed' as such for their hard work in making it. Which, as we know, is how most stuff in America is actually made today....