This weekend

Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by Patrick

Well, this weekend, up until Wednesday.

Friends of ours came into town, from all the way out in Saskatchewan, so we had some fun. My friend Kevin owns a couple dirtbikes, so I went dirtbikin’ for the first time ever.

We went out to the Double Decker, too. For bonus points: How many shots of tequila came to our table, and who shared them?

I think we’re finally back to our regular sleep patterns.

Thirteen irregular word uses

Posted on August 16th, 2007 by Patrick

To quote Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes fame): “Verbing weirds language”.

Impact is not a verb, no matter how often people say “the plane impacted into the mountainside”.
Irregardless is ~~not~~ a word. Regardless of what ~~you~~ I might think. (However, I still think it’s a ~~pointless word~~ meaningless verbal bastard. (Thanks, Doug!))
Unthawed means to freeze, not to make not frozen.

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