Stephanie Gayle
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The other day I did some back to school shopping with the very handsome boyfriend. I may have mentioned, in the past, that I have a thing for coats/jackets. I was veering toward one with military details when the boyfriend offered the following opinion: "That looks like something Michale Jackson would wear to a dom/sub party."
Ouch.
In related news, I didn't buy that jacket. I bought a different one.
Today I discovered that my maple syrup (always Grade B, as other grades do not suffice) had an enjoy by date stamped on its bottle. Not a "best by" or "sell by" but "enjoy by."
So the very handsome boyfriend said, "What happens if you have the syrup after that date?"
Me: "You don't enjoy it."
There you have it folks. Please check all your condiment bottles immediately. I'd hate for your consumption of that mustard to be tainted by non-enjoyment, or, you know, germs.
According to this text analysis software, I Write Like, my writing resembles that of Margaret Atwood.
To obtain this result I pasted in several paragraphs of my current manuscript and hit the analyze button, and it came up with Margaret Atwood.
You can try the tool here.
In related news, I'm feeling a lot better about my current manuscript.
I imagine this will be a one entry feature as I don't much like bumper stickers. I think it's genuinely odd to wear your political heart on your car. Or your traveling history. It's the same way I feel about personalized checks. Why? Why would you personalize the act of rent or dental bill payment? It's just..weird.
But today I saw a bumper sticker that made me laugh. And that in it's very rareness seemed worth writing about. So here's what it said:
"I enjoy poetry, long walks on the beach, and poking dead things with a stick."
May that car's driver be blessed with an absence of traffic tickets.
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