Author: Jay the Ent-Larch

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In Which it is Revealed that I am a Time Lord

Bow Tie

I teach high school history; I seldom interact with students in lower grades.

Last night, however, was orientation; orientation means families.

One particular little girl caught my attention, namely because she eyed the cookies I’d set out with the welcome materials.

A few minutes later she was back:

Hi! I’m _____.

Hello, _____. I’m Mr. Eldred.

I like your bow tie.

Thank you! I love wearing bow ties.

You know why I like your bow tie?

No, why?

‘Cause you look like Matt Smith with a beard!

[with a huge smile] I love Doctor Who!

[she screams with delight] I LOVE YOU!!

He’s like fire and ice and rage.

He’s like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun.

He’s ancient and forever.

He burns at the centre of time and can see the turn of the universe.

And . . . he’s wonderful.

Well, perhaps not.

But, for one brief moment in time, I was

All the Doctors WhoThe Doctor

 

 

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One Left Behind

Creepy Plastic Soldierno man left behind . . . until he is

flattened, decapitated, worthless

dead on the ground

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy

 

 

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Wicked Word Wednesday (2)

Greetings logophiles and other creative types! It’s time for another

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Quick Overview:

One entry per person.

42 words max.

Leave your entry in the comment box below.

Please include Twitter handle or pseudonym.

Entries must be posted by midnight Eastern Time (New York City time).

New to Wicked Word Wednesday?

 

Please Read the Full Rules Here

 

Some Changes Since Last Week

Last week was the very first Wicked Word Wednesday, and while things went swimmingly, some things needed ironing out.

If you participated last week, please note:

You must leave your entry in the comment section of this post.

Pingbacks cannot be accepted since it’s not possible to “like” pingbacks.

In fact, I’ve disabled pingback notifications.

Feel free to post your entry on your own blog!

If you decide to promote Wicked Word Wednesday on your own site, please link back to the current event.

Some interested participants missed out; let’s avoid tragic misunderstandings!

Make sure your followers know to come here to vote! Only “likes” cast here will count towards the weekly winners.

Since photographs cannot be embedded in the comments section of WordPress.com hosted sites, photography is no longer an entry option.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

 

 

Enough chit-chat – what’s the Wicked Word?

 

The Wicked Word is . . .

CONTRARY

The Game is Afoot!

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Teaser Tuesday: July 1914

School starts this Friday; I’m about as ready as I’ll ever be . . . apart from some last minute cleaning I’ll do on Thursday.

Before then, though, the Wheel of Time has turned to

Teaser TuesdayJust in case you don’t know, Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! All you have to do is grab the book you’re currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences from that page. But make sure you don’t share any spoilers!*

*I wish I could take credit for this introduction, but I shamelessly stole it from Heather over at bitsnbooks. To help me make amends, you should go check out her blog.

This week I’m reading July 1914: Countdown to War by Sam McMeekin.

The Truly Random Number Generator sends us to page 77:

The failure of Britain's key policymakers to pay 
mind to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand 
was understandable.  It did not bode well, however, 
for their ability to master events in case the 
Sarajevo outrage snowballed into a real crisis.

July 1914 cover

In Retrospect

I awarded The Greatest Knight four stars. The story was intriguing, but I felt too much of it was derivative.

I gave Food: A Love Story five stars. I had to read this when K wasn’t around, otherwise I kept disturbing her with my gut-busting laughs.

 

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Monday Morning Grievance: Self-Checkout Lines

It’s Monday and I haven’t had my coffee.

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The other day I bought groceries and – as usual – used the self-checkout lane.

I like the self-checkout lane:

It’s quick.

It’s easy.

It means I don’t have to talk to a cashier.

There are those who don’t know how to use the checkout lane:

The gentleman whose entire order consists of one banana and can’t figure out how to ring it up.

Rather than ask for help, he mumbles curses at the machine and new-fangled technology in general.

The woman buying an entire grocery cart of produce without a clue of how to ring it in and – to top it off – can’t remember what type of produce she actually has in her cart.

She stands there comparing what she has in the bag to all the pictures.

It might not be so bad if she didn’t start over for each new item.

The couple buying several bottles of wine and cases of beer.

They have a clerk there to punch in the authorization code for each item.

You know what, it’d be faster to go through regular checkout, people.

There, they’d only have to punch it in once.

At least, that’s the way it normally works.

Heaven forbid your coupon doesn’t scan properly or a sale item doesn’t ring up right.

I know those 16 gig thumb drives are on sale for $3 a pop, but at a price that ridiculously low, did you really think there’d be no problems? Especially when you’re buying them from a grocery store?!

Sigh. Maybe I’d be better off using regular checkout myself.

But then I’d have to talk to the cashier.

I think I’ll stay right here, thank you very much.

Just do better next time, all right?

 

 

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Twitter – where you can see my thoughts in 140 characters or less. Also, funny retweets.

Wicked Word Wednesday Winners (1)

Wicked Word Wednesday Results

The first-ever Wicked Word Wednesday fared better than expected with three participants.

As there was some confusion with how to post and participate in general, it was impossible to determine a winner this week. I had planned to decide the winner by number of likes, but it’s not possible to “like” a pingback.

So, I arbitrarily picked a winner by putting all the names in a hat (each person got one entry per “like” on their own blog) and chose a name out of a mug.

And the winner is . . .

Maria aka Schattenengel

Kelli and Meg, feel free to use the second-place badge (or honorable mention, whichever you prefer).

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Everyone, thanks for participating and spreading the word. See you Wednesday!

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