cim's funniest swedish typo (wordo?)

That time that I texted Mece that I was a few house lice (lite hemlöss) when I meant to text him that I was a bit homeless (lite hemlös).

ikea trip!!!

Fridays are non-van days at the house of Wax's family because they have to take the babies to Baby Music!

So we have reserved the van for Monday the 10th of Nov instead!

halloween slumber party

Halloween slumber parties include:

• costumes - optional (shut up, the other options are pyjamas and lounge clothes)



• piles of blankets and spare mattress on the floor by the couch



• World's Tiniest Petting Zoo (tm anglepoiselamp)



• Lots of candy



• Movies.

We already watched The Addams Family... ideas?

[Poll #1287815]

I know this is short notice, but people seemed to want to and I guess it would be a shame to let it pass. Sleeping here is of course also optional. Maybe we could illegally download a bunch of classic Bewitched or something. Or we could just watch the Resident Evil trilogy? Or something?

"this is my costume; i'm a homicidal maniac. they look just like everybody else."

The Jack & Sally icons didn't come out all that well, I feel, but when I saw the adorable pictures that bri_chan took of the character actors at Disneyland, I had to try. At least I'm quite happy with the Addams Family ones.

1-23: The Addams Family (1991)
24-30: Jack and Sally character actors from The Nightmare Before Christmas at Disneyland (photos by bri_chan)




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PSA

If you use a semi-colon incorrectly where there should have been a comma I will immediately back-button even if your story has been so far literate, even if it is not actually bad, and even though if in the same place you were meant to use a semi-colon and instead spliced a comma I would let it slide.

I can ride with the idea that semi-colons, belonging entirely to the realm of written language, are simply foreign to some people and that they are ignorant of them or have given up on them, and in a way I can respect that; after all, a brilliantly gifted storyteller and orator could (theoretically) be ignorant of semi-colons since they don't affect composition, which makes them, in a certain sense... decorative.

But if you're going to go for the semi-colon, okay, if you're going to attempt it, you'd better damn well have it down. If you're not sure, just forget it. Use a period or a comma or a rephrase or... you know. Get by. For the love of little green boxes, why would you make the semi-colon a regular part of your usage if you don't know how to use it? It's not like it's all that difficult. It shouldn't be possible to read and write it as a matter of course and remain ignorant or confused. This isn't Fizzbin. It isn't brain surgery. The rules don't change according to the time of month. They're actually somewhat flexible. They just don't allow, for example, a semi-colon to separate a noun from the gerund phrase (or any adjectival phrase) modifying it. As an orator, you'd lead people to believe you had forgotten your lines or had an itch in your throat if you added a semi-colon-weight pause in such a location, too.

Look at it this way: it's better to cannonball into the pool than to attempt a jack-knife dive and splat on your face.

giant kent "mid-career summary" box set

Did I mention that yesterday Kent released Box 1991-2008?



A 10-cd compilation - all 10 cds of which we already own - with 15 previously unreleased tracks, a 96-page book, and inner album sleeve art by lyricist/songwriter/singer Joakim Berg?

Well, damn. We have to buy it.

And then I... suppose we have to sell the 10 old copies or something (except for The Hjärta och Smärta EP because the packaging on that was just too sweet). Dammit, I hate when people do sneaky box set releases like that! >|