Like Ducks On A Pond

1. Impastable to Please

I could have sworn that my daughter asked me to buy pasta that was shaped differently than the fusilli that we often have in the pantry.

I picked up some radiatori and used this to fulfill her next request for spaghetti.

It didn’t go over so well.

(Please know that I wouldn’t be quoting her if her response were remotely within her range of normal responses and not chalked up to an understandable state of stress.)

2. That’s Weighty

I thought one of our athletes had gone rogue in the weight room, but I didn’t press 😉 the issue because his gains were near (at?) the top of the class. This past week, a year later, I learned that though he has been working on his own time, he was following our plan!

“The best laid plans of mentor and men may or may not go awry.”

3. Workplace Worthy

I recently received a nice card from my place of work:

CELEBRATING YOUR 10 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT

I am thankful for the recognition.

* (see #8 below)

4. Schrödinger’s Carpool (a.k.a. my Sunday afternoon)

When you think that the athlete that is helping to drive to off-site practice has the other athletes with her and she thinks that they jumped in with you.

5. Idiom Inquiry

If you see geese on a pond and one of them gets hit by a golf ball, would this be more like the idiom “taking a gander“ or “like ducks on the pond“?

6. I’ll Just Keep Asking

Your vote matters to me (statistical significance not actually guaranteed).

But, I’m not talking politics here.

I’m talking about all polls ever and future by me, moi, I.

When I post a poll, it is with exuberant optimism that I engage my many few readers and thus await the incoming avalanche of public opinion.

Two votes later (both being my own), democracy has spoken.

So, in an effort to better understand my constituency:

7. I Fawned Over This

8. Thanks For (Not) Noticing

* I’ve been at my workplace for 16 years.

Employee Handbook Policy: Tenure may be rounded down to a close enough approximation.

9. Closing Credits

I appreciate you.

And I appreciate your readership. 😘