Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Happy Election Day


Yeah ... I voted. Yay. I hope you did too.

I started writing this post on Tuesday. No, really. But it was on a foreign computer, and I couldn't get the picture right, and Dude's keyboard is ... different.

May I share a pet peeve? "Inalienable." The root of the word is not "alien" - it's "lien". A lien is a claim against a possession, enabling someone to remove said possession. To place a lien is to alien it (pronounced "ah LEEN", not "AY lee en"). If it is possible to place a lien against something, it is said to be alienable ("ah LEEN able"). If it is not possible to place a lien, it is inalienable ("in ah LEEN able"). I recently heard two political PhD's talking on the radio about our "in AY lee en able" rights. It's like sand in my teeth.

It looks like we have formally adopted the brat. Chuck suggested a name, and it looks like it's sticking. Everyone likes it ... except Peanut. The name? "Moonshine." =)

A couple of bright spots have appeared on the job front. They are both too green to discuss quite yet. Huge "thank you's" to all who have been praying for us.

5 comments:

AimeeTheSuperMom said...

I hate when people constantly mispronounce certain words. The worst is when they say "Idear" when the word is "idea", Gah!!!

I voted, too, but I didn't get my sticker. I was slightly disillusioned.

AAA Donkey Blog said...

Yup, I remember you drilling that into my head when I had to learn the Preamble for history class. You'd stop me every time I mentioned an alien. LOL

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AAA Donkey Blog said...

Also...why moonshine? Can she not walk in a straight line or something? That would be a pretty cool sight...*chuckle*

Papi said...

Why Moonshine? She was BOOTLEGGED! =D