I guess about once a week I apologize for a lame post and hide behind the admittedly lame excuse that it’s hard to come up with a good topic every day (say it in a whiny voice, because we’re making fun of me). So here are some random observations about the Mohawk Valley and life in general.
I looked out the window at work the other day and saw a lady walking two medium sized dogs and carrying a baby with a blue hat in a back pack. That’s the kind of multi-tasking I can get behind: walking two dogs and a baby. In general, multi-tasking is the great myth of the ’00s. You can’t properly do two things at once most of the time. Sometimes it is hard enough for me just to task.
In writing and speaking, I’ve noticed you can use any hoary cliche and still sound erudite as long as you add the words “the proverbial.” I used to avoid cliches like the proverbial plague. Now I feel free as the proverbial bird. But what if everybody starts doing it all the time? Then I’ll feel like I’ve created the proverbial monster. That makes me nervous. Now I’m feeling like the proverbial cat on the proverbial hot tin roof, so I’ll move on.
We’ve had quite a bit of flooding lately. I don’t believe this can be traced back to my wish for a rainy Sunday, but if it can, sorry. And to the weather, I say, “Lay off, will ya?”
So fall has unofficially started, what with Labor Day passed and all. Some people are pedantically pointing out that September 23 is the real first day of fall. Not that there’s anything wrong with being pedantic. I’ve been known to indulge in a little pedantry myself. Halloween decorations are in the stores, right alongside Christmas. Is it too early to start watching Halloween movies? That might be a good topic for a blog post.
I see I’m over 300 words (love that word count feature), so I guess I can stop. I’d say this has been better than some posts, worse that others. There are worse things than being average. As always, thank you for reading.
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