I'm not discussing extra holes.

really words to live by.

Jessica I never had to apply for schools, we were half a block from one and we just did a mid-year register and go. When I started investigating all I would have to go through to get testing and an unorthodox IEP I wanted to pull my hair out. Everyone so unhelpful.

I slept until noon. wth body.

still have not finished the freelance work.

The Bloggess [link] offers a solution for those annoying words: swear jars.

huddles in the corner with Connie thinking of kittens

mmm, kittens. Warm, fuzzy, purring kittens that want to sleep on you. I want a desk cat.

Someone mentioned Connections?

I rewatched a few years ago and thought it held up pretty well. It helps that most of what he talks about is WWII-era or earlier. And some of the changes I did see actually made me think. We really do take plastic completely for granted these days, don't we?

How can the Bloggess reliably tell the difference between someone saying "shouldn't have" and "shouldn't of"? That seems rife with imprecision.

How can the Bloggess reliably tell the difference between someone saying "shouldn't have" and "shouldn't of"? That seems rife with imprecision.

I think it is specifically her husband, so maybe it is familiarity with how he says both?

Not having read the Bloggess' post, I have to say that I usually make a double contraction out of "shouldn't have" into "shouldn't've." Maybe everyone thinks I'm saying "shouldn't of." Crapsticks.

Your wife "went through" it.

Men don't go through pregnancy, I agree, but there should be some way to describe a spouse's experience, or the experience of someone using a surrogate. Not sure how to say it, however.

there should be some way to describe a spouse's experience

"Got drunk with Don Draper"?

there should be some way to describe a spouse's experience

What's wrong with "my wife/partner is pregnant" ?

[Sorry, that probably sounded snippy. I guess I'm just not understanding what can't be communicated using words we already have.]