An Exciting Assortment of Activities

[bonelesspuppy]

My brother's girlfriend's mother came to visit this weekend, so, obviously, my parents decided last week that we needed an emergency brick pathway and patio. So much digging, so much brick-laying, so much fighting with cement. At least I have the satisfaction of being in good enough shape now that I'm not too sore from everything, though my hands

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desquamation

[anonymous]

Desquamation. And who says English isn't a rich melting pot of language? The forum denizens can all bastardize some other language. I humbly suggest French.

Is it inappropriate to write odes to English? ORLY? OIC.

MK

Re: desquamation

[bonelesspuppy]

I love the word "desquamate" and its all suffix friends, and I fervently wish I had more opportunities to use them in conversation. Next time I'm recovering from a sunburn, maybe.

Someday I'll write an ode to the subjunctive mood in a last-ditch effort to breathe life back into it. Don't these kids today realize how cool it is to be able to distinguish between "if I was" and "if I were"? Damn kids.

Re: desquamation

[anonymous]

Kids these days aren't able to distinguish between [i]sentences[/i]. We should teach proper punctuation first. Uphill. Both ways. Ten miles. In the snow. Before they invented shoes.

Crazy kids, get off my lawn!

Re: desquamation

[anonymous]

I hate how some sites use [ ] and some allow properly (in some cases, improperly) formatted HTML. I can never keep them straight.