today’s Bad Words

I think I just have to call it all “Bad Words.” I’ve harvested a bumper crop since my last post.

“with whom it was based around.”

Graphic on football broadcast: DENVER BROCOS

Offset by this: one of the football announcers used the word “harbinger” correctly. Impressive.

“wreck havoc on the world”

“in the case of two consensual adults”

“his horse bolted away”

“I was fascinated with it.”

Now, here’s a great line I saw today on a social media site, author’s name unknown: “English is fifteen languages in a trench coat trying not to fall apart.”

This is what I do with my time while avoiding what I should be doing. And I’m not exactly sure what that is. I took care of a reasonable amount of business today, including the difficult Winter Shower. The upstairs here is not heated, and the upstairs bathroom is the coldest room in this entire house. Running around with a space heater is required, and it doesn’t end up being particularly comfortable. I don’t shower nearly enough in the winter.

I will tell you briefly that the cute little house I live in is a wreck. Roomie had a small inheritance and it made sense to his gf for him to buy something cheap instead of renting. So he bought the house very cheap, had to put in pipes and appliances, and then did absolutely nothing to maintain it. This is not someone who should be a homeowner. His gf suggested some years back that he should leave me this house. What I’m hoping right now is that he’ll put my name on the deed alongside his, and I will take over the bills here. He really doesn’t live here any more and feels burdened by the bills. I don’t want to move. This place could slowly be fixed up and be a very lovely home.

It all remains to be seen. That arrangement makes a lot of sense to me, and she’s very sensible, but he isn’t and never was. Not much interest in practical things. And of course he’s very slow-going now. Well, you know – stay tuned.