Author Archives: Tom

I hate grammar errors, i.e. this one.

I promised to get back to this, didn’t I? See, “i.e.” stands for the Latin phrase “id est;” “e.g.” stands for the phrase “exempli gratia.” If you know your Latin, that should end this conversation right here. If you don’t, here are the translations: “that is” and “for example.”

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So we went to the IKIDarod today…

…at Olbrich Gardens, despite the bitter cold, and had a lot of fun — Sophie was surprisingly good at sled-pulling, and we always like coloring in the library and watching the koi by the waterfall — but I thought the “prize drawing” element of the event was fairly odd. I think pitting kids of all […]

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Paul and myself think you could use some book larnin’.

One of the constructions I see most often misused is the classic “please let Paul and myself know your intentions” or “Paul and myself were honored to be invited.” I think people use “myself” in these situations because it sounds more formal, and somehow they grew up believing that the most formal-sounding locution is generally […]

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Cloth diapers: actually not horrible.

Our baby is very, very big. 11 pounds, 4 ounces, and over 23″ long. There’s nothing particularly difficult about cloth diapers, in case anyone reading is wondering. They take up a little more room than disposables, which means that our existing diaper pail seems a bit small — but that’s a good thing, because it […]

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All about the Benjamins

This evening was all about the benjamins — or, rather, the bling that benjamins can bring you. “Bling,” when you have a baby, is expressed in motorized swing units, meaning that we now have one unit of Bling, and a few Blings worth of cloth diapers.

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