The English Language is Sneaky.

Ever wonder why some words are either spelled or sound exactly the same, but mean different things? I do. Who's responsible for this?

Ok, there's close and close.

Close to you,
Close that door.

Or, read and read.

I read that book last weekend.

I'll read that book Friday.

Um, how bout deer and dear.

My dear, you look ravishing.

The deer are grazing.

She breaks bread at dawn.

My car's brakes squeal and it annoys me.

That thyme goes in my stir fry tonight.

It's time for me to get the hell outta here.

So I'll see you tomorrow.

I'll be heading out to sea when the moon's full again.

As she leaves, a man knocks into her and spills wine all over her
dress.

Wanna run and play in the leaves with me?

Ow...my back so hurts right now.

Baby got back!

We might be late cause we gotta pick up the beer tap.

Tap dancers amaze me.

You're so mean. Go jump off a cliff.

My dear, whatever do you mean by that?

I'd like a piece of that action.

Peace, man.

That's quite a rite of passage.

Make a right here at the light. Oh damn, you missed it.

I could go on and on...it's addictive! Have more?

Today's Word is Apoplectic.

My boss, Paul Block, wrote that on the whiteboard in my cube. I had to look it up. Then I had to wonder why he was experiencing apoplexy. But isn't that a great word? I consider myself an officer of the grammar police, but I'm constantly humbled by how many words I've never uttered before.

Here's another one (let the uttering commence!):

ozocerite- A yellow-brown to black or green hydrocarbon wax, found in irregular veins in sandstones and used in making electrical insulation and polishes.

I'd also like to bring back an exclamation whose popularity seems to have waned sometime before I was making exclamations:
"Egad!"
That just makes me laugh. Next time you're surprised, please exclaim that.

Moving right along, does anyone out there have credit card debt? Yeah, me too. I've had a nice big chunk of it since my college days, when I signed up for the now defunct "Webmiles" credit card. Oh, I could go into the whole thing, but let's just say I was young and naive. At the time, web-based miles seemed tres cool. What Internet bubble? Funny how when companies go out of business, miles disappear. And I was buying everything from gas to groceries on that thing. Silly girl.

Anyway, I'm almost done picking away at my credit card debt. I eagerly await the month when I can run free through the daisies and have money for things like DSL and more RAM!! Stupid credit card.

My favorite words to date:
Bangladesh
Rubies
Extravaganza
Cheyenne

My least favorite words:
Sleuth (I have taken issue with it ever since my Nancy Drew days, it was written at least once in every book)
Arachnophobia (I have this phobia, the word itself reminds me of spiders, there is nothing good about it, all bad)
Phlegm (spelling is all over the map and I got sick typing it)

Today's pic is my best impression of a flippant, yet thirsty, lady:

It's Friday and I'm ecstatic...

...and not really because I have a lot planned this weekend. Just want to kick up me little tootsies and have some tea.

So... in a couple of hours I'm off to interview Ellen DeGeneres and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), both voices for Pixar's new digital masterpiece, "Finding Nemo." I'm a huge fan of Pixar's work and I actually liked this movie even more than "A Bug's Life." And last night, I was lucky enough to be the first of a handful of journalists to view the movie inside Pixar's private screening room. Steve Jobs was there to welcome us and thank us all for coming. No prob, Steve- and thanks for dinner! Really entertaining movie, INCREDIBLE spfx, adorable for kids, but some of that adult humor too. Two thumbs up!

I also gotta say that Pixar's facilities kick major ass. What an awesome place to work! And here's a nice little touch- once the lights go down in the theater, twinkling lights appear on the ceiling, very planetarium... and then if you watch closely, you see a few shooting stars. Love it.

I'm heading up north to see my parents tonight. I can't wait to get on the couch and revert back to junior high again. Do you know that my mother made me breakfast every day of my life until I went off to college? Even if I slept in and missed breakfast, it would still be sitting there. It's amazing the cats never ate it. Anyway, three cheers for mom!

My favorite breakfast foods (pre-college):

1. Top Ramen

2. Cheese quesadillas

3. Grapefruit

My favorite breakfast foods (in college):

1. Mac n Cheese (leftover)

2. Top Ramen

3. Pizza (leftover, reheated in the toaster oven, microwave made it rubbery)

My favorite breakfast foods (present day):

1. Fruit smoothie (homemade, no Jamba Juice!)

2. Toast and cottage cheese

3. V8 and a banana

Good god, I may actually be growing up.

Today's pic requires no explanation:

Have yourself a merry little weekend.