Comments on Ski Bike Junkie: Nature versus nurture

I always liked non sequitur. Though I have no idea...

2009-11-24T10:01:54.616-07:00

I always liked non sequitur. Though I have no idea what it means.

Mayonaise, now that is a cool word.

2009-11-23T17:42:59.532-07:00

Mayonaise, now that is a cool word.

What if I had said: "... I admired her gumption (...

2009-11-23T16:13:53.452-07:00

What if I had said:

"... I admired her gumption (I like that word)."

That's what I meant. The colloquial form of great, like "what a great day".

cuz a red card is an ejection. i'm not trying to g...

2009-11-23T15:51:19.520-07:00

cuz a red card is an ejection. i'm not trying to get crazy here--a slap on the wrist will do.

but if crazy is what it takes, i'm your man.

i also give YOU a yellow card for jumping in and saying gumption is a great word. i mean, it's fine. it's nice. it's got a nice ring to it.

but GREAT? egregious grade inflation.

Wait - that was Mark, not me, in the previous comm...

2009-11-23T15:33:23.063-07:00

Wait - that was Mark, not me, in the previous comment.

Dug, why not a straight red card? FWIW, I'll seco...

2009-11-23T15:25:28.524-07:00

Dug, why not a straight red card?

FWIW, I'll second gumption being a great word, thereby removing Kris's sting for complimenting his own diction.

Good heavens. A womAn, not a womEn.

2009-11-23T15:21:07.800-07:00

Good heavens. A womAn, not a womEn.

That is a women I can get behind.

2009-11-23T15:20:10.464-07:00

That is a women I can get behind.

Oh, hi dug. I just like the word.

2009-11-23T15:19:41.606-07:00

Oh, hi dug.

I just like the word.

[throwing yellow flag, pulling yellow card out of ...

2009-11-23T14:46:28.069-07:00

[throwing yellow flag, pulling yellow card out of pocket and waving it]

you can't use a word and then compliment yourself for using that word. you can't even use a word and then compliment the word for being a great word.

My grandmother was feisty like that. She would ret...

2009-11-23T14:20:36.689-07:00

My grandmother was feisty like that. She would return anything she wasn't happy with and would escalate to the highest level of management if she wasn't satisfied. At times it seemed petty and I was embarrassed, but many other times I admired her gumption (great word).