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Deborah Lipp goes on about Wicca, politics, movies, Paganism, and cats. Not necessarily in that order.

 

4/30/2006

Tuna Fish

My sister-in-law just had a baby. (Yay!) (He’s really cute.) (Totally YAY!) (SOOOOO cute.)

Okay, I’ll start over.

I sometimes think about tuna fish. Not, y’know, the food. Although that too. But the phrase. Because isn’t it redundant?

It peeves me that Brits & Aussies call beets “beetroot.” Do we say “carrotroot”? Do we say “lettuceleaf”? No. Therefore, whence “beetroot”? Yet we do say “tuna fish.”

So on Sunday, my sister-in-law (the brand new mom) and I were discussing food cravings during pregnancy, and I mentioned how funny it was that Arthur pretty much hates every food that I gorged on in pregnancy. I craved mashed potatoes, he can’t stand ‘em. I ate an absolute ton of tuna, he won’t touch the stuff.

And New Mom said that she, too, craved tuna during pregnancy.

“But not, y’know, tuna steak. Tuna fish. In the can.”

So that’s interesting. “Tuna” means tuna steak, or sushi, or sashimi. “Tuna fish” means Chicken of the Sea.

And the baby? Really cute.

Filed under: Fun with Language — deblipp @ 9:28 am

4/28/2006

Another Day, Another Meme

Got this from Shakespeare’s Sister:

Accent: Pretty strong New York accent, I’m told, although I was raised in New Jersey.

Booze: Vodka (Stoli) martini with a twist.

Chore I Hate: Washing the floor. If anything could ever make a person feel like Cinderella…!

Dog or Cat: Cats!

Essential Electronics: Computer, duh.

Favorite Cologne: Spellbound

Gold or Silver: Silver. Very lunar & witchy.

Hometown: I don’t identify with any one town. I live in Rockland County, NY but I still think of myself as a Jersey Girl.

Insomnia: Very rarely, but with the disk problem in my neck, I don’t sleep well.

Job Title: Technical Writer. Or Queen, take your pick.

Kids: Arthur

Living Arrangements: Townhouse condo; me, Arthur, and the Gang of Two

Most Admirable Traits: Honesty (bluntness, even); loyalty; willingness to communicate fairly and openly

Number of Sexual Partners: More than Shakes. More than any of the ones linked at Shakes.

Overnight Hospital Stays: Most recently, knee surgery in 2003, I was in the hospital from Tuesday through Friday. Before that, I think the only time was when I was five. (On edit) Oh, yeah, there was this other thing. Not going there.

Phobias: Car washes

Quote: “Just go ahead and admit you’re an asshole. You would be in some good company.”

Religion: Wicca

Siblings: One older brother. Four younger sisters. One younger brother. Two step-sisters.

Time I Wake Up: The alarm goes off at seven during the week. Weekends I can stay in bed as late as nine.

Unusual Talent or Skill: I can lick my nose, cross my eyes one at a time, and bend my fingers back to touch my wrist. This makes me very special.

Vegetable I Love: Almost all of them, but fiddlehead ferns make me shudder with delight.

Worst Habit: I have a blurty thing. And my voice is too loud.

X-Rays: Gazillions. I think my left leg must glow in the dark. I have to say the screws in my knee are very entertaining on an x-ray.

Yummy Foods I Make: My specialties are my goat cheese primavera, my marsala portobellos, my breaded spinach, and my split pea soup.

Zodiac Sign: Taurus with a Capricorn moon and a Scorpio ascendant.

Roberta, Arthur, and Tom, you’re tagged.

Filed under: Miscellany and Whatever — deblipp @ 10:27 pm

More Save-the-Internet News

As I posted yesterday, my Rep. voted for the Markey amendment. Yay him.

Unfortunately, when the Markey amendment was defeated, Engel then voted for the let’s-kill-the-Internet bill anyway. Boo him.

MoveOn has a petition . Sign it.

Filed under: Politics — deblipp @ 12:20 pm

Friday Kittenblogging: Benchwarmers

Before we get to the bench, this one is very cute. I saw them in this amazing position, and got the camera. Me moving around caused Mingo to pick his head up and crane around to watch me. Then he put his head back on his sister. Total awww.

Cuddling
Don't interrupt

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Filed under: Gang of Two — deblipp @ 7:59 am

4/27/2006

Llewellyn does a good deed

My publicist at Llewellyn is a cool guy named Steven Pomije. He’s good to work with and I like him.

So I got a little thrill when I read on The Wild Hunt Blog that Steve was involved in a political/educational action, working to have Pagan materials included in the distribution of “religious” materials in a North Carolina school district.

Jason did a good interview with Steve here, but I thought I’d throw in a couple of questions of my own.

Deborah: How has Llewellyn reacted? Do you feel you were supported at work?

Steve: Yeah, 100%. At first I was worried, but in fact I was commended.

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Filed under: Paganism, Politics — deblipp @ 11:52 am
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