Peg Kerr's Journal

A comment from Delia today

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:54:12 GMT

Delia bounced into the bathroom tonight, surveyed her outfit in the mirror, and popped her head out into the hallway and said in a tone of pleased surprise: "Mom! I'm smoking hot!"

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On the way to church this morning

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:26:27 GMT

Me: (driving) Man, these potholes are everywhere. They're impossible to avoid.

Fiona: (brightly) It's like Mario Kart at the Mega Intense Level!

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Best. Hashtag. EVAH.

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:53:07 GMT

In case you missed it: some of the best #JaneAustenAtTheSuperbowl came from rosannecash here. A sampling:

*Regarding the Legume Chorale, it grieves me to note that the spectacle exceeds the musicality.

*Some ladies are determined to sport bonnets made of cheese. I must take to my bed.

*The manly vigor is indeed impressive, but I don’t have the pleasure of understanding the purpose.

*One hopes the unfortunate incident involving the lady’s corset is not repeated on this occasion.

*The gentleman in the stripes? A known blackguard! I send no compliments to his mother.

*There is a uniformity of ill-favor in the appearance of the spectators. Who are their families? Tradesmen, surely.

*Word arrives that there will be a longish pause midway through the event. One hopes to be excessively diverted.

*Such lust for possession of an inanimate object so entirely lacking in aesthetic merit does not bode well.

*Are they to be murdered on the field?! Such an ill-advised display of manhood is indeed alarming.

*The proscribed repast is an abomination! Could we not conceive of a tea more pleasing and refined?

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My alma mater has a Quidditch league!

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:18:44 GMT

St. Olaf Quidditch from Benjamin Hovland on Vimeo.

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All the Scholar Ladies

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:03:21 GMT

knitmeapony pointed out this charming video. It was posted at someone else's blog, who said about it:

I came across this great video made by a few students from the Hope Christian School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I love seeing black girls expressing themselves in a positive way, and I’m glad to see it wasn’t another group of kids imitating the video movie by Sasha Fierce.

And I can’t help but be inspired/happy about how their rendition is all about doing well in school. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

If you learned it, you should have got an 'A' on it...

The school's website reprints an article that was published in the Chicago Tribune about the video.

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Beaker!

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:54:42 GMT

Muppet Studios again for the win!

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Most insane and self-absorbed girlfriend ever

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:27:02 GMT

This landed as the Top Weirdest story (of the top 100) tracked by Dugg for 2009, although it actually took place in the summer of 2007, which is when our protagonist, JD, went on a two-week backpacking trip in Europe. Since he wouldn't be able to use his cell phone and wasn't going to be checking his emails, he informed all the people close to him -- including Em, his girlfriend -- that they weren't going to be able to get in touch with him for a while.

Apparently, Em didn't get the message, beginning a hilarious two-week chain of unanswered emails in which she grew more and more outraged by his lack of response.

As JD tours the old world, Em dumps him, takes him back, dumps him again, says a lot of scarily illogical things and brags about sleeping with another guy in retribution for his silent treatment. Finally, after running into JD's mom and realizing what has happened, Em professes her love for JD and begs and begs him not to read any of the emails.

Well JD did read the emails, and he did dump Em because of them. But, being a gentleman, he waited two years before he released the emails to an eager Internet public. As one commenter put it, he especially appreciated the gesture, because he learned something: "If I ever marry, I'm first giving her the Europe test to make sure she's sane."

Enjoy.

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If only math was always this fun

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:03:10 GMT

Coolest. Math. Teacher. Evah.

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The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:43:14 GMT

and do it very well.

I laughed ever so hard. Thanks to matociquala for the link.

All I know is we're not getting paid tonight.

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Bulwer-Lytton winners for 2009

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:14:45 GMT

The Bulwer-Lytton winners for 2009 have been announced. Here's this year's grand prize winner:

"Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor' east and the dogs are howlin' for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the "Ellie May," a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davey Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screaming contests."

David McKenzie
Federal Way, WA

The Winner for Fantasy fiction is:

Fantasy Fiction
A quest is not to be undertaken lightly--or at all!--pondered Hlothgar, Thrag of the Western Boglands, son of Glothar, nephew of Garthol, known far and wide as Skull Dunker, as he wielded his chesty stallion Hralgoth through the ever-darkening Thlargwood, beyond which, if he survived its horrors and if Hroglath the royal spittle reader spoke true, his destiny awaited--all this though his years numbered but fourteen.

Stuart Greenman
Seattle, WA

although I will admit I'm very fond of the runner up as well:

Towards the dragon's lair the fellowship marched -- a noble human prince, a fair elf, a surly dwarf, and a disheveled copyright attorney who was frantically trying to find a way to differentiate this story from "Lord of the Rings."

Andrew Manoske
Foster City, CA

See the rest of the winners and enjoy the awfulness here.

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