I wonder why we don’t say “forsooth” more often. It’s so deliciously snarky. According to Le Dictionary, it’s “used to give an ironic politeness to questions”. For real y’all. Ironic politeness. That’s a thing and that’s a thing I need to make more use of. For example, next time one of my friends starts dating [...]
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Forsooth.
Posted in Historical Oddities, Humor, tagged historical oddities, history, Humor, language on May 10, 2012 | 49 Comments »
What-Up Cinco De Mayo!
Posted in Culture, Historical Oddities, History, Humor, tagged cinco de mayo, culture, historical oddities, history, Humor on May 5, 2011 | 12 Comments »
If you grew up in Texas, like I did, then you know all about Cinco De Mayo. Going to school in Texas on May 5th is a blast. You do fun art projects, listen to great music, usually see a folklorico performance, and eat chips and salsa in every class. So, pretty much a regular [...]
Did Jane Austen Date?
Posted in Books, Flirtation Failure, Historical Oddities, History, Humor, Love, writing, tagged books, dating, flirtation failure, historical oddities, history, Humor, Love, romance, writing on March 30, 2011 | 12 Comments »
In an effort to be better at dating, I read a book called Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating. I have a lot of respect for Jane Austen so my initial thought was, “Hey, who better to give me dating advice?” But as I read through all the book, I began to have grave doubts. I [...]
A Year In Books.
Posted in Books, Historical Oddities, History, Movies, tagged a year in books, books, historical oddities, history, Humor, movies on March 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I call all these posts, “A Year in Books” because my New Years resolution was to read one book a week for every week of the year. But after, discussing this with my family, I think a more apt title might be, “The Blog Post My Family Doesn’t Read Because They Think I’m Boring on [...]
A Year In Books: Weeks 5 & 6
Posted in Books, Historical Oddities, History, tagged a year in books, books, cousin bette, historical oddities, history, we band of angels on February 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was unable to blog last week- more on that in tomorrows post- so I’m combining my “Year In Books” weeks 5 and 6 posts. Week 5 We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman was my choice for week 5. I absolutely loved it. It tells the stories of Army and Navy nurses in [...]
Saying Goodbye.
Posted in Family, Historical Oddities, History, tagged dogs, family, goodbyes, historical oddities, history, loss, pets on January 26, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Yesterday, I had to say a painful and oppressively final goodbye to my dog Hansel. He was old but he was the best dog any girl on the contrary could ask for. He protected me when I felt threatened, he comforted me when I was afraid, and he soothed me when I was ill. In [...]
A Year In Books: Week 3
Posted in Books, Historical Oddities, History, tagged books, historical oddities, history on January 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Mary Tudor- Princess, Bastard, Queen by Anna Whitelock was my choice for last week. I think the best way for me to review/discuss this book is in the form of a letter to Queen Mary Tudor herself because I’m sure she has some Google Alerts out on her name and therefore will see this. Dear [...]
A Year In Books. Week 1.
Posted in Blogging, Books, Historical Oddities, Love, tagged blogging, books, historical oddities, history, Humor, Love, romance on January 10, 2011 | 26 Comments »
One of my new years resolutions was to read a book every week for the entire year. Last night, I decided as a part of that resolution, every week I would write about the book I finished reading the previous week. This way, you can learn about books you want to read and I have [...]
Resolution:2011
Posted in Blogging, Historical Oddities, Humor, Life, Music, Musical Revolution, tagged blogging, historical oddities, Humor, Life, music, musical revolution on January 3, 2011 | 14 Comments »
It’s that time of year (you know, the beginning) when people make resolutions. So far, in life, I have a pretty poor resolution keeping record. But, I’m pretty sure that’s because those resolutions were always about losing weight or working out. Basically, I’ve always gone with the cliche resolutions. Lame-o. So, in the interest of [...]
Ghosts V. Hotel Renovations
Posted in Attempts at the Extraordinary, Family, Historical Oddities, Humor, tagged attempts at the extraordinary, family, ghosts, haunting, historical oddities, Humor on December 14, 2010 | 26 Comments »
So last weekend I went to Dallas to visit my sister and we spent the night in a hotel. Not just any hotel- an historic hotel. Which are my favorite kinds of hotels because they are usually haunted or at least have a grisly history of murders, suicides, and murder suicides. The hotel we stayed [...]
