Evidently, there may have been a bear. Matt has provided some possible proof. It also may have pierced the boat. This issue could not be solved with a paddle. That is, of course, unless it was an exactly paddle sized hole. But that chance is exactly one in a million…
Something struck me last night about the phrase “up a creek without a paddle,” and strangely enough, one of my professors used it today in class.
The phrase is used as a euphemism for a situation that is less than satisfactory. In other words, you’re fucked. The context is established as negative. Therefore [...]
The local news anchor is talking about an execution style hit, a group of kids trapped under ground, and some guy doing something terrible to his infant child, and she says it all with a generally superficial contentedness and ends it with a smile.
Okay….
Sure she’s a news anchor, but come on. The press sensationlises everything [...]
There are (or were, anyway) commercials out right now with a guy and a girl at a mini-mart. The background music is something out of a western film. They both walk up to the counter with their respective baskets and pick up a box of Dentyne Fire Mints from the same display on [...]
I’m chatting with a friend of mine. And he’s talking about someone he’s less than happy with, and how he would like to someday beat him into the pavement. Goes a little something like this:
Him: But not before a montage of me working out and learning to fight, 80’s style.
And then simultaneously:
Me: Even [...]
Well, the detailed recount I promised is going to be delayed.
I went back to the ER again today because I couldn’t walk straight, equilibrium was all screwed up. Evidently I have vertigo as a delayed reaction to a concussion. It’ll be as bad as it was today for another 2-3 days. And [...]
I spent Saturday in the emergency room.
My mom’s horse stood up on her hind legs and flipped right over while I was riding her.
Nothing is broke, but damn, I’m pretty badly hurt.
Anyway… The whole story tomorrow. My head hurts and I’m tired, heh.