October 31, 2006
October 27, 2006
Top 10 Reasons Why I Should Not Jog At Night
10. I can't sleep because of the "runner's high." (or that could just be a regular high...)
9. It's winter and I just froze my kneecaps off.
8. Discarded Taco Bell wrappers on the street make me hungry.
7. People up the block don't curb their dogs after sundown.
6. Neither do people down the block.
5. Staten Island teenage drivers don't mind using my elbows to knock their side-view mirrors off.
4. I'm losing precious e-mail sending & friendster browsing time.
3. It's hard to light a cigarette while running 6 mph.
2. Spandex plus street lights make my butt look fat.
And the number one reason I should not jog at night...
1. I'm waking up the neighbors singing "Eye of The Tiger" at the top of my lungs.
October 19, 2006
October 17, 2006
My Love Letter To Beth, Written By God
Book of Wisdom 7:7-11
Therefore I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to scepter and throne, And deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,
Nor did I liken any priceless gem to her; Because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand, and before her, silver is to be accounted mire.
Beyond health and comeliness I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than the light, because the splendor of her never yields to sleep.
Yet all good things together came to me in her company, and countless riches at her hands.
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Beth is my prudence and she brings me wisdom.
October 16, 2006
October 02, 2006
The Inexactness of "A Couple"
I think I should have named this entry, "Yes Dear..."
Beth and I have had this on-going argument about the correct and proper usage of the phrase "a couple." I, as a native English speaker, have always used "a couple" to mean "two." Beth insists that it is not a precise phrase and that it could mean more than two.
This all started at the M.Y.M.P concert last week when I was outside waiting for friends and she was inside saving us "a couple of seats." There were five of us outside so obviously I was concerned.
"Just two?" I asked. "We need at least three more."
She replied with, "Like I said, we're saving you a couple of seats!"
And then we started arguing and only yesterday did we stop. It turns out that Beth is right. We looked it up in the dictionary. Grr....
"A couple" does mean "two" but it can also mean "more than two, but not many" -- which is exactly (hah!) the number of seats she was saving for us at the MYMP concert.
Needless to say I'm a little bit miffed that someone whose first language is NOT English knows English better than me. It doesn't matter, though. I will continue to use the phrase "a couple" to mean exactly two.
But I'll stop arguing with Beth about the inexactness of "a couple" or else we might not exactly be a couple anymore.