it doesn't get better than this

Less than 24 hours before I get on the plane.

what are you reading? words, words, words

I am fascinated by the way language shapes people's thinking. Differences in languages fascinate me, and I love to learn about the history of my own language.

I have found a most excellent assortment of essays on words at Dr Bill Long's site. This was the only site that came up in Google to give me the origin of the original phrase; "Give him an inch and he'll take an Ell", where an ell is a unit of length approximately 45". A saying is obviously more effective when exaggerated :)

Another one of my favorite sites is the source of my phrase a week.

We may be what we eat, but we are usually judged by what we say ;)

i'll take you to a sidestreet..

Everything is all loose ends at the moment, a seemingly endless list of things to do. I must start writing things down before I start to fray.

It's always a surprise to me to find people will miss me when I leave a place. I can't remember being much other than excited for people when I find out they are leaving..

Does that make me:
a) an asshole who doesn't give a damn,
b) too stuffed full of buddhist non-attachment propaganda to react normally,
c) someone who's sincerely happy for a friend, as there's always email/chat,
d) all of the above and worse!

Life seems much shorter and more enjoyable when you turn yours upside-down every so often.

Q. When was time travel invented? A. Yes.
-- (from tai of eastpole)