Maybe it is the English major in me, but I am getting bugged with all the made-up words that are out there. On the radio, they have been singing jingles involving something called a 'stay-cation'. Apparently, this is a vacation where one doesn't go anywhere. A local TV station had a contest where the winner was able to win a car by staying in it longer than his competitors. They called it 'Carvivor'.

I hate to break it to them, but those aren't real words. Making up your own words in private conversation is one thing, but to shell out money for TV and radio time to use made-up words only displays your illiteracy.

And would people just stop referring to any type of scandal as ___gate. Watergate was the hotel members of the Democratic National Committee were staying during the scandal that forced Nixon to resign. Labeling anything else with the 'gate' suffix is moronic. Papergate? Please. Worst off was the Scandalgate, which means absolutely nothing. Redicilous.

Working on getting more work done on the other blog. It is a nice distraction as opposed to being depressed.

Also note that I plan on doing other profiles outside of the SLC cemetery if I get the mood. I drove to Paris, Idaho yesterday and other places in Idaho and Utah to get some more pictures of headstones. Beautiful drive, but my cameras batteries died just as I got the last shot in Paris. Frustrating, because it wasn't a great shot, but it will do for now. And since it is dumping snow outside, my next trip to Idaho might have to wait until spring. I still need to get to Spring City as well.

FYI...

I am starting a new blog profiling some of my favorite people who are dead and buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Ever since I have moved near it, I have been fascinated by it. So why not take all my researches and put them to good use.

http://slccemeterynotables.blogspot.com/

There isn't much there now, but I have well over one hundred folkes I am planning on profiling.

Yeah, this is why I like autumn.

So as I wrapped up my Kmart employment, I picked up a digital camera there for about 70% off. Clearance + Employee discount = awesome. I am planning on using the camera for my new blog, but the dang thing doesn't work unless I replace the batteries daily. It could become an expensive blog. Geh!

Hebrew National

So for dinner tonight, I thought instead of the usual pasta, I need a few old fashioned hot dogs. I got to the store and picked up a pack of Hebrew National kosher dogs. Holy crap! They were delicious.

But..

for some reason, there are seven of them in the pack. Seven. As a wannabee stand-up comedian, I know there there is nothing funny about the ratio of hot dogs in a package (usually 10) to buns (usually 8 per pack). But seven? Seriously?

And because I respect you all as an audience, I will also never make up a joke about "Fun-Sized" candy bars. Just not funny.

And I will hang my head low...

Today would have been the first anniversary of my marriage had it lasted that long. I was thinking for a long time about what I wanted to report about it all. I have come to the conclusion that it really isn't anyone's damn business. If you want the straight story, talk to me in person. I am not going to put it online for the world to see.

It hasn't been easy these last few months, but I am getting better. I understand what I have done wrong, what I could have done better and what things I had no power over. I am sad things ended up they way they did, but I don't regret the decisions we made. We had to stop hurting each other.

I have been berating myself all morning. I listened to The Decemberists "The Crane Wife" and Sheryl Crow's "Perfect Lie" to put into words some of the things I feel I have done wrong. And now I am done.

Homer Simpson once advised Marge, saying, "Marge, you can't blame yourself forever. Blame yourself once and get on with things". So I acknowledge that I have done some if not many things wrong, but I am done blaming myself. I am getting on with things.

I am having a bit of a struggle on what to write about my recent divorce. Do I even say anything at all? Of course I do. I just don't know what yet.

Soon..

I need a quick break from the manuscripts I am reading, so I thought I'd share a comic from my archives.