Philotic Web

Was there a reason you memorized the nato phonetic alphabet? And I just had to look up what that even was. And when I did, it reminded me of Dollhouse.

I know the nato phonetic alphabet, too. Not sure when or why I learned it, but I've known it for years. I use it on the phone at work all the time, and people are always surprised that a "sweet-sounding gal" like me (direct quote from a vendor) knows enough to say "delta" and "charlie" instead of "dog" and "cat."

Foxtrot!

You and your F-bombs; this is a family establishment! Clean it up, son.

Just that it's useful. If you pick random words to spell things out orally you might pick something ambiguous (from Archer: "M as in Mancy"). And it gives a slight hint on what to listen for, if you hear something else spell using the same system.

Also, it sounds cooler.

I know the International Phonetic Alphabet...

I don't use the search function nearly as often as it would be useful to do.

I got so used to knowing the general area of where to look for things that I still tend to use Ctrl F and go through the pages when I want a thread that fell off the first page.

I look forward to SportsCenter on Sundays. Particularly after a good game.

I feel slightly dirty. I never cared this much about sports in my life. But -- I like the commentary. And I love hearing Chris Berman say, "The hhhRAAAIDers.

I didn't want to interrupt the gun love talk and this is not meant as a judgmental post at ALL, so please don't take it that way.

I have never fired a gun, even though I have been given the opportunity. I was raised in a very anti-gun household. My mom didn't even let us have water guns because it was too much like playing with guns. I have no problem with people who hunt for meat and use guns for this purpose. I just personally don't want to shoot a gun or have anything to do with them. My husband feels differently than I do and when we were at a friends house, who does hunt, he went out with everyone else and shot at targets. This is one good reason that we aren't having kids. I wouldn't want them to have a BB gun and he would.

I'm crying right now because I hurt a friend and I can't do anything to make it better.

I'm crying right now because I hurt a friend and I can't do anything to make it better.

*Hug* *Big Hug*

Everything I was to post is either a) sarcastic, b) vitriolic, or c) distressed. And really, ultimately, useless. So I am just not going to post anything. Which sucks. And is so frustrating.

I kinda like it when drama flares up on pweb. It's like watching a soap-opera.

I hate soap operas.

See, I can see how soap operas or reality tv or whatever can be entertaining if you aren't personally, emotionally connected to the characters involved. But since I am, I do not find this fun.

I take it really personally when people tell me that they don't like/would not live in St. Louis, especially those who have never been there.

I miss St. Louis so much.

I take it really personally when people tell me that they don't like/would not live in St. Louis, especially those who have never been there.

I miss St. Louis so much.

<3. I love that St. Louis has the sort of small town atmosphere with the accessibility of a city.

I take it really personally when people tell me that they don't like/would not live in St. Louis, especially those who have never been there.

I miss St. Louis so much.

<3. I love that St. Louis has the sort of small town atmosphere with the accessibility of a city.

Exactly! Totally underrated.

Confession: I'm kind of scared to hit 1000 posts. I am not ready for all the epicness that such a post entails.

Change that to 5000 and I feel the same way. If I disappear again here soon, it will be because I don't know what to do with such a post. That is, unless I make it without realizing it. I can just as easily see that happening, too.


I'm excited for you, though. Whether or not you do anything special with it, I'm so glad you're making it there. :)

I stumbled across my brother's account on the local newspaper's website tonight (he commented on an article I read and I recognized the name). I've spent past hour reading his posting history and while I don't agree with everything he's said, I have to say I'm quite proud of him for wading into the vitriolic comment fields of a site that's only slightly better than YouTube and providing calm, rational replies to the ignorant know-it-alls.

I am spending all day glued to my computer trying to win Audubon's Birding the Net online game. Today is the final day and the prizes are really good!

Saw ruddy ducks at the zoo yesterday. Made me think of you, Nom!

Raffi. Good kids music, seriously head-sticky.

Confession: Jan's post reminded me; I hate almost all the children's music that has crossed my path over the past few years.

That, combined with my discomfort for certain programming, like babytime, is further proof that I should work with tweens and teens, not the younger crowd, and if the position in my district wasn't auto-paired with Spanish Outreach, that's the job I would have taken (it was offered) when I started two and a half years ago. Being generally good with the younger ones does not make it a good career match, even if Youth Services does have the better craft supply closet.

This should probably go in the Enderverse board, but admitting this feels more like a confession to me.

Confession 1: Since I couldn't get the Ender comics last night, I checked out War of the Gifts.
Confession 2: I read War of the Gifts in one sitting.
Confession 3: It wasn't as utterly horrible as I thought it would be. Extremely fan fictiony, but tolerably so.
Confession 4: I don't know how I should feel about this.

I have been watching "The Best of The Joy of Painting" and am developing a deep and abiding love for Bob Ross. His mellowness is like balm to my soul.

Damn, wish he weren't dead.

I love watching Bob Ross. I didn't know he was dead until a couple of years ago when I mentioned to my brother in-law that I would like to meet him one day.

Sad, sad day.

Bob Ross is the best. I love his happy little trees.
I remember one painting he did with a rock in it, and the rock was lonely so he gave it a happy little bush to keep it company It made me happy

Google Earth gives me vertigo. I wish it didn't, because there are so many cool places to look at!

I'm watching Masterchef, and it's making me wish I enjoyed seafood. Some of the dishes look delicious, even if they're fishy. I could never be a proper chef, since I wouldn't be very good with seafood.

I really need to get dressed and go do some errands but I have been putting it off because my leopard gecko has been asleep in my shirt for the last 90 minutes and I don't want to disturb her.

I am dying to see the new Twilight movie.

They're just as bad as the books (I read all of them) and I kind of love them for that. This one also has the sex scene in it that has been made a big-ish deal, so I'm curious to see how that turned out.

It's off-screen apparently.

C'mon, Alex. You can admit you've seen it and know it was offscreen.

All the same, I want to see what's there. Some of the best sex scenes I've seen didn't get too graphic; it's all about sparking the imagination.

It's all about sparking the imagination.

That is not what I saw the first time I read this sentence.