* First and last word
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* Subordinating conjunctions (for example: before, after, when...)
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* Articles (a, an, the)
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Because "to" precedes a noun in my title, I must capitalize it.
Hey Alan, why does my old picture still appear in top corner of Blog page, even though I removed it and added another. Proper picture shows in "edit" page, but not on blog
That's true. But I've been a truck driver for about 2 years now, and moving to CS has been a total disaster for my work history. I'd be lucky to get anything at all that pays decently right now. Other than Brett and Rick, I really don't know anybody up here. I've had 2 jobs in the past 5 months. It doesn't look good, regardless of the reasons.
Do you call it a "reprint" if it was only printed on the internet? Regardless of what you call it, I was thinking about this post the other day and thought it worth revisiting.
2004-02-11 04:17 PM CST
When I was a kid we had three meals every day, and we called them "breakfast," "dinner," and "supper." When I started school, they called the meal during the day "lunch." Once a month we got to school early and bought enough lunch tickets to last all month!
Sometime (I don't know when), I started hearing "dinner" used for the evening meal.
What that means is that "dinner" is of indeterminate time, since it can be used for either the noon or evening meal. A friend looked up "supper" once and it was defined as (something like) "the evening meal, when dinner is taken at noon." My solution is to not use the term "dinner" at all anymore. My meals are "breakfast" (which means a glass of purple unsweetned grape juice followed by coffee all morning), "lunch" (no mistaking that for any time except noon, and besides, I don't eat a big enough lunch to call it "dinner"), and, of course, "supper."
Suppertime is the time of day when the whole family is together (except those who are away). I don't know how many times Adam and Jesse told us that they were the only ones they knew of who ate as a family. Most people apparently eat whenever they get hungry.
When I was growing up, my dad worked 7:30 to 4:10. Ask him what time it is right now, and he's likely to say "4:10!" He took a shower and then came home. When he got home, same time every day (about 5:00 as I recall), the three of us kids were sitting at the table and my mother was there to greet him at the door. Supper was on the table.
Supper hasn't always been on the table when I've gotten home from work, and I don't care about that, but we almost always eat together still. Readers getting married soon or recently married, if you want your family to stay close, if you want to stay married for life, if you want your kids to grow up right, you can start by always having supper with your spouse, every day if possible. Don't be going somewhere with your co-workers after work. You haven't seen your husband or wife all day... go home, or else meet them somewhere for, uh, "dinner." (I guess you can call it that when you eat out.)
What made me think of this was that I heard two songs yesterday that mentioned "supper." How rare is that? Well, it was on XM radio channel 7 (The Seventies on 7), so that might explain it.
The first was John Denver's "Back Home Again," and the other was CCR's "Down On The Corner."
("Back Home Again," a couple of verses.)
There's a storm across the valley,
Clouds are rolling in,
The afternoon lies heavy on your shoulders.
There's a truck out on the four lane
a mile or more away,
and the whining of his wheels just makes it colder.
He's an hour away from riding on his prayers up in the sky,
and ten days on the road are barely gone.
Like a fire softly burning,
Supper on the stove.
It's the light in your eyes that keeps him warm.
("Down on the Corner" excerpt)
Early in the evening,
Just about suppertime,
Over by the courthouse
Things are starting to unwind...
In the four-and-one-half years since I originally wrote these things (I've been blogging that long?), the transition from having sons at home to "just the two of us" status has been completed. The weddings are a few months away, but as of a few weeks ago the house is permanently a two-resident abode. Now, just as when we first married, having supper every day is key in keeping our lives intertwined. We've never developed any interests outside of home, but we may need to do that to avoid going crazy. Making sure we see each other at five- or six-o'clock will help us to continue to know each other, to enjoy each other's company, to be interested in each other. Twenty-seven years sounds a lot longer than it feels, but if we grow apart, five years can become an eternity. I want to see her beautiful face on the next side of the table for years to come.
I remember growing up the argument between "dinner" vs. "supper". It was because I had a southern father and a yankee mother. I can't remember which side was which.
Does it count if you eat dinner together in front of the TV? haha, probably not the same. Actually, my in-laws have always eaten with the TV on and they are very close. I guess they do everything else together too, so that helps.
I agree about the evening meal (how's that for squirming out of the dinner/supper debate?) - it's also the perfect opportunity to check in and see how everyone's day went.
Growing up my dad got off work at 4 and was home by 4:15, we too, were at the table waiting for him. I had a hard time getting used to eating "supper" as late as 7 p.m. after Scott and I got married. Eating together is very important to us - hence our everyday lunch arrangements. :)
I like this post. Just tonight the phone rang while we were eating "supper" and Julie said, "Don't answer it. This time together at the table is important." And I agree. That's the way she was raised.
I love that John Denver song! You are right - dinner is a meal is a floating meal, usually more formal than lunch or supper, that can be substituted for either.
We grew up never having dinner...that I can remember...it was breakfast, lunch, and supper.
And of course, there's Audrey II's eponymous number from Little Shop of Horrors. Just to add my tuppenceworth: depending on the location in the UK, some people refer to any meal consumed between 3pm and 10pm as "tea". High tea is separate, and strictly reserved for afternoons, from about 1pm until about 5pm. Tea can either be a cold collation, or the main evening meal. If it's a light repast, then a dinner or supper may follow :D
Here, we have an album of photographs taken last Friday night at the "social" that took place the night before my 30-year high school reunion. I didn't go to either event. (And that golf course is referred to as the "Pea Patch", not the "Pee Patch".)
In any case, I wonder how those people got so old. We're only 48! Actually, some of them look like they're in their early forties, some late, many look to me to be mid-fifties, and one looks like she's at least 60. I actually remember some of these people (and have seen a few over the years). Some I might recognize if I were to see them at random, but most I probably would not.
I have to say, though, that what I see in the mirror looks a lot more like 55 than 48. Regardless, I have no intention of picking up a bottle of "Just For Men".
Shakedown 1979,
Cool kids never have the time.
On a live wire right up off the street,
You and I should meet.
Junebug skipping like a stone,
With the headlights pointed at the dawn.
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all,
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest:
To dust I guess,
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.
— Billy Corgan, 1995
In other news, I've introduced someone to Facebook. I've never introduced anyone to Pleonast. How did that happen? I feel guilty about it.
On second thought, that's not entirely true. I've pointed friends toward my blog, and one signed up so he could make a comment, but he never posted.
i flew from dfw to iah on friday night, and the woman seated behind me was headed to that class reunion! i wish i had caught her name, but she apparently works out in LA now for a production company. must be doing well because she was flying first class!
Is it okay to use a complete sentence in your subject line? Well, I've just done it. And Firefox thinks that "okay" is not a word. (I think that "Firefox" is not a word.) I guess that's okay, because it doesn't like "ok" either. I'm adding "okay" to its dictionary right now.
Next time, I should break the many-picture post into several, which would last more days and not require so much scrolling.
Yes, they wear that and a tie on Mondays. On mondays they have Chapel. The rest of the week they wear that without the tie. I think on Fridays they can wear blue jeans.
Professional bloggers do like to make series posts. It keeps your readers in anticipation of your next post in a series, therby getting your readers to come back to see what the rest of the content will be.
Just got a new phone that has a camera on it. Now to figure out how to get pictures onto the computer....
BTW....Bad puns are addictive. You'll be back. You wont be able to resist!
If I would have read all the way to the bottom of the page. The last review said that it does. I am going to check my manual tonight and probably order one. Thanks for the tip!
Really disappointed in you. Thought you, of all people, would give me a list of external drives, with specs, reviews, benchmarks, prices, color and size. What's up? Too many Snowflake donuts?
Oops, you caught me! When I realized you hadn't finished reading I knew you'd get there on your own. :) Your point about starting off confrontational becoming a self fulfilled prophecy is a good one. People are immediately on the defensive and take off their listening ears.
Well, it's been awhile. I've been taking pictures with my telephone, as usual, but it's been awhile since I've bothered to get them out of the phone. Here, at last, is the return of the random photo blog.
Clouds partially obscuring downtown Houston.
On July 29th, I reached the 150,000 milestone. My last car had 156,000 when I bought it, so that means this car is still new.
Free parking before the game on July 29th, where I met Jacquelyn, Jesse, and Amber.
What-a-Doughnut!
What-a-burger first opened in Corpus Christi in 1950. Snowflake Doughnuts Donuts, now occupying Baytown's original What-a-Burger location on Alexander, opened in Baytown 4 years earlier! I've lived in Baytown for 23 years, and this was my first visit to Snowflake Doughnuts Donuts.
Those folks at Target aren't fooling anybody: The middle paintbrush painted all three squiggly lines.
The ATM at this bank on Bellaire Blvd. uses some unconventional terminology, but really, dipping your card makes more sense than swiping it! (Doesn't "swipe" imply "steal"?)
I should have followed this truck so I would know where not to buy produce.
It's August, yet this is what they're selling at Cracker Barrel. This is just not right!
And, finally, here is what Jacauelyn and I think of every time Mr. Kris calls on Bill Murff to comment. I'm sorry, Kris, but if you've noticed us (or anyone else) giggling, here's the reason!
we found the best parking at minute maid park. it's right next to like $30 parking, yet its only 7 dollars. which is even cheaper than some of the ones that are 10 bucks farther away
I can't believe that you have never had Snowflake! Make sure you get the hot ones. Wait a couple of minutes if you have to. Interesting post. I will have to do that sometime. But my camera is awful. Maybe next time I will carry my small camera!
"swipe" your card refers to the mag stripe on the back of your credit (or debit) card. We used to use that technology with access control system. We had "swipe" readers and "insert" readers. The difference should be fairly plain to see. Now we don't use masstripe much at all anymore we use proximity cards. They are starting to use them in the stores now at POS (point of Sale) machines. But we still say "swipe your card to open the door".
I suppose I could have specified that the sofa, chair, and TV are for the living room, and the shower curtain, curtain liner, toothbrush holder, wastebasket, etc. are for the bathroom... but I was trying to be brief.
