Category: Quickthoughts

Graham crackers, if you break them in half into squares, can be thrown like frisbees.

they HAUL.

1. Remember when I was trying to train myself to sleep less? I should have just had a baby instead.
2. Johnathan is now a pro at rolling over. It’s mostly adorable
3. I received the Shirttail garters and they are glorious
4. Guitar practice has resumed – oh! I lament the progress I’ve lost!
5. You know that scene in Aviator where Leo has the guy file down all the rivets on the plane to reduce drag? I love this scene. We are surrounded by rivets in our lives. This is why I’ve started preheating the shower in the morning one minute into brushing my teeth. By the time I finish brushing, the water is just getting to a comfortable temperature. BAM! I just filed down a one minute rivet in my life

I challenge anyone to try and make the sound of an elephant WITHOUT at the same time pretending your arm is a trunk and waving it up and down.

I’m pretty sure it’s impossible.

Via Wikipedia, an Autological word is one that expresses a property it also possesses.

examples:

short

awkwardnessful

pentasyllibic

While not not a perfect autological fit, the word “haemorrhaged” sure does feel close. It’s spelling feels like an uncontrolled diffusion of letters, like someone spelled it out and then the word suddenly self-erupted with a chaotic surplus of vowels and consonants.

I am quite confident that I will never properly spell haemorrhaged (also, often times spelled hemorrhaged (maybe more common in the US?)) without auto-correct.

Extra fun facts: the “ae” part of “haemorrhaged” spelling has Latin and Greek roots. The word comes from “haima” for bleeding violently and “rhage” for breaking. Add an R, change or remove the I, and switch the A with an O… Sure that all makes perfect sence.

Also, that “rrh” combination of letters? Not uncommon. Check out this impressive list:

https://www.morewords.com/contains/rrh/