Updates from December, 2009
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There's something unfor-tunate going on here, alright...
Emilily
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when good food does bad
Emilily
Oh, Trader Joe’s, how could you?I cannot come up with any combination of ingredients that would justify that sad little comma.
P.S. I typically do not like apple sausages (something about combining organ meats and fruit…ick) but I had to buy it for the blog…and I didn’t think they would appreciate if I removed the cardboard label and put it back on the shelf.
P.P.S. Yes, I am grocery shopping for the blog.
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Introduction to the new category: WORDS
Emilily
It seems like we should have thought of this category from the very beginning, seeing as how we both love words so much. It also seemed appropriate to give this category its own special introduction…but once I created the draft, I was drawing a complete blank as to how to introduce the WORDS. So, instead, here is a list of some of the wonderful things we will put into this category!
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"you're irreplaceable" is a nice compliment, but not to be taken literally
Emilily
I spent the morning reviewing résumés for the Controller position I will soon be vacating. The job has been on Craig’s List for just over a week, and there are 114 applications so far – from ex-CFO/CEOs, VPs of Finance, stock analysts and day traders, investment bankers, Ivy league and MBA graduates, mortgage brokers, entrepreneurs, a truckload of real estate agents, and one earth-mover.
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Some new favorite words...
Carmen
In honor of our new category of words or language or whatever we were going to call it I thought I would let you know of a couple new words that I’ve learned and I’m going to try and incorporate them into my everyday speech. Ready? Ok, First (and we can thank Max for telling me about these words) Mise en Place. Literally “putting in place” or “things in their place”. Its used in professional kitchens usually but it can be used anywhere! I’m using it while organizing random boxes, while doing laundry, and while driving and getting hit by a drunk driver! That guy was definitely not in his right place! Don’t worry, everything is ok except for my side mirror, which is also not mise en place.
Ok, second, QA. I know, its not exactly a word but it stands for Quality Assurance. I’m sure you could have guessed that. Some background – “Two key principles characterise QA: “fit for purpose” (the product should be suitable for the intended purpose) and “right first time” (mistakes should be eliminated).” Its definitely a foreign concept for me to do something right the first time. I’m more of a trial and error kind of girl. But I’m trying to change, really! I think I like it because it sounds like good slang too. Like, here are a couple examples where you could use it:
1) “I’ll be ready in a minute! I have to QA my face!”
2) “This customer service sucks, we need to QA right on outta here.”
I think the punctilious authorities might have a problem with me using it this way but luckily they don’t know where I live. Speaking of punctilious – another of my new favorite words! I learned it from reading this fabulous article which I’m sure you will find equally interesting considering your logophile tendencies.
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My Sunday Project fail
Carmen
So, in my quest to post something creative involving the word “infantile” I just kept thinking of my daily bike rides where I spend the entire time contemplating the universe and why we are all here and what does it all mean man??? When I first saw the word infantile of course I think of babies. Naturally, the question that arises when thinking of babies is where do they come from? Not like birds and the bees kind of thing but like only 9 months before they were in the world they didn’t exist or were microscopic. That just amazes me everytime I think about it. So I think about it alot. And I think about the universe and how I am more than microscopic to the celestial bodies out there in space. I mean, there are black holes that are 6 billion times larger than our sun – I can’t even fathom the size of it. So I spend my time imagining that all this space that we are floating in and all this mysterious dark matter that surrounds us is part of a larger organism that we are too small to fathom, imagine or even adequately envision. Our DNA holds a vast universe of information that we have only begun to uncover and we have only begun to witness events happening in deep space. So from where we stand infinity reaches in both directions, in terms of size, infinitely large, infinitely small. In our ever broadening awareness of our world lies our understanding of ourselves and our appropriate place in the scheme of things. I’m sure you can see now why I wasn’t able to post something in regards to “infantile” on Sunday if this is what happens!
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Sunday Project
Carmen
I got a late start today. However, as Max is making some Sunday pancakes I took the following historical photographs. And thus It begins….
"Sloppy Thinking Gets Worse Over Time"
Our project for today..... (honestly, this is the word I pointed to!)
This beautiful dictionary originally belonged to Max's father, Wally Hedrick.
