My word of the week: Inspissate
Meaning: To thicken
Correct Usage: “This gravy needs to be inspissated.”
Incorrect Usage: “Somebody’s inspissated in the gravy.”
My word of the week: Inspissate
Meaning: To thicken
Correct Usage: “This gravy needs to be inspissated.”
Incorrect Usage: “Somebody’s inspissated in the gravy.”
More on McDonald’s…CNN is reporting on new automated ordering at a McDonald’s franchise. Pretty routine if interesting story. But the name of the franchisee? John Lardas
(Hint for Zach: Try adding an ‘s’)
Someone in our lab brought in a cake today. A passer-by asked about it, and was told that “_______ is the Master Baker”. An Irish guy in the lab and I both laughed at that, while the Americans in the lab did not.
I got to go out in a double at rowing last night. That’s a boat with two people, each with two oars. Rather exciting, as we were in a pretty narrow shell (about 14″ at its widest point, which is narrower than I am), but extremely good fun. Only one blister from the session, which is a new record, though the back of my right hand is scratched where my left hand would scrape across it (a function of rowing with two oars).
When I am Lord High Commander of All, one of my first acts will be to introduce a minimum age requirement for high-coverage beards. Soul patches are great. Goatees? Lovely. That strange Dutch chin-strap thing? Well, not for me, but help yourself. But large beards, beards that cover not just the edges of a face but the neck and cheeks, they should be confined to men (and I’m very strict on that part too) over 40. And slightly greying, if possible.
As a guide, this is fine, this is not. Or this. Oh, and this entire site is terrifying.
And yes, I’m well aware that this is probably a deep psychological neurosis based in my inability to pass through puberty and grow such adornments myself. But don’t let that stop you posting good-natured abuse below.