PFLLG:NS Update
For those of you following the saga of Clem the Lawn Gnome, I offer you this screenshot of my desktop with a sneak peak at the work I’m putting in on designing a T-shirt for the People’s Front for the…
Category Humor
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Besom
Fourth in a series besom (biz·um) Dialect, chiefly Scot -n. 1. obstreperous girl or woman; female upstart (as in “Dinnae pou’ yer brither’s hair, ya wee besom“) 2. woman of low moral standing; a hussy (“Thon yin’s a right mucky…
If You Value Your Productivity
Absolutely, positively don’t click this link.
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Glaikit
Third in a series glaikit (glai·kit) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. (intr.) stupid; senseless, silly. (often in “He stood there wi’ a glaikit look oan his fizzog“) 2. (tr.) giddy, thoughtless. 3. affected. 4. petty.
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Braw
Second in a series braw (br·aww) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. fine, pleasant, esp. weather (“It’s a braw day the day” or “It’s a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht the nicht“). 2. attractive, pretty (often in “You’re really braw, hen. Fancy…
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Mauchit
First in a series mauchit (maw·kit) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. dirty, filthy, sticky, muddy. Cf. Mauchy, Mochy, Maukie, Mawkit. (see also Manky, Clarty) (often used in ‘Lookit the colour o’ ye, ya mauchit wee to’rag’).
Channelling Dave Barry
Narcoleptic wiener dogs would make an excellent name for a band.
I Think Ford Motor Co. Is Trying To Kill Me
I recently had a bit of a struggle with the cigarette lighter in my ’02 Taurus (yes, that Taurus), wherein it refused to release a cellphone car charger. After a good bit of tugging, it finally let go its quarry,…
Prosenfeldism Of The Day
It’s been a while since I posted one of these, but P. offered up a beaut today: In light of Russia’s recent announcement that they will no longer ferry US astronauts to the ISS for free, we were discussing the…
Liar, Liar… Squarepants On Fire?
I’ve got no other reason for posting this story about a storetop inflatable SpongeBob catching fire than I really, really wanted to post that headline.
