Marshall lost a tooth earlier this month. It was probably his last baby tooth. The Tooth Fairy is sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s utterly ridiculous that “sanguine” means “optimistic” and also “bloody\/bloodthirsty.” If, for example, your coworker said he was feeling sanguine about an upcoming meeting, would that mean he was feeling good about it or planning a massacre? You’d like to be certain about something like that, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m irritated to find that my given name has become a slang term for a disagreeable woman. I mean, I am a disagreeable woman, but not in the way the word suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe Hill recently tweeted, “I learned from crosswords that the maddening blanks in one’s life can be filled in. It requires patience, humor, a willingness to consider skewed possibilities . . . and the humility to ask for help if you need it. Often that’s all you need to puzzle things out: on & off the page.” I liked the sentiment, so I didn’t point out that it’s somebody’s job to make sure that the puzzles are solvable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was relieved to read online recently that it’s perfectly normal to read a book and then completely forget it. In fact, the article said that unless you deliberately read a text multiple times, odds are that it will disappear almost entirely from your head. I would tell you more about it, except I’ve already forgotten the rest, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marshall lost a tooth earlier this month. It was probably his last baby tooth. The Tooth Fairy is sad. It’s utterly ridiculous that “sanguine” means “optimistic” and also “bloody\/bloodthirsty.” If, for example, your coworker said he was feeling sanguine about … Continue reading