Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Lake Superior University has once again published a list of words/phrases they think should be banished from the Queen's English...here's the list for 2013-

fiscal cliff, kick the can down the road, double down, job creators/creation, passion/passionate, yolo (an acronym for you only live once), spoiler alert, bucket list, trending, superfood, boneless wings, and guru.

Which of these words/phrases would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why. Go here to read more about how the words were chosen.

All of them. Why choose? lol I like people's reasoning when I visited the site. All very good and logical reasons to kick these words and phrases to the curb OR at least let them only be used for their intended purpose. Although "superfood" should just go. And "trending" is annoying. "Boneless wings" don't look like wings at all, but we can't really call them nuggets because chickens don't have nuggets, soooooo . . . we need to find something else. I don't call anyone a "guru" - I do, however, call people "Yoda" (like people who train me lol). So really, all of them can go. They can follow the lemming and jump right off that, um, "fiscal cliff".

2. When was the last time you rode a train? Where did you go?

Never. Unless it was some kiddie train at Disneyland, which I don't think counts, I don't think I've ever been on a train.

3. Bagels-yay or nay? Favorite 'flavor'? Favorite topping?

NAY. I've yet to meet a bagel I liked. Maybe one day. When I'm pregnant and craving all the stuff I don't like. lol

4. 'Tis the season of awards shows...if you could star in a movie already made which one would you choose?

One of my all-time faves is While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock (don't think it even got nominated for any awards, though). I'd like Sandra Bullock's part. For a more recent role, I kinda would like to be Katniss in The Hunger Games because she makes archery look cool and she's pretty bad-ass.

5. The move towards single gender classrooms has been making the news in recent months....what say you? Do you think kids perform better if separated by gender and are taught differently or is that discrimination? If you're a parent, is this something you'd support in regard to your own children?

I'm not a parent, but I don't believe kids should be segregated by gender. I don't think that would do our children any good service. I really feel like society is becoming too freaked out for it's own good. We are offended far too easily, and any little thing we suddenly jump on it and demand change. Some things need changing. This? Doesn't. Unless it's some kind of private school that's always been gender specific, this is not something that needs to be done. Kids need to be around each other and learn from each other and learn how to handle differences and situations. Even if separated, kids will still do stupid things like sexting and bullying (personal or online), and everything else that they do. Not to mention they will still be distracted, still have crushes, and still be kids. Separating them will not make anything better, in my humble opinion.

6. What's your favorite thing about staying in a hotel?

Someone else does the laundry! lol

7. Do you have a 'word' for 2013? What's the story behind your choice?

"Suckinsy". Thus far, 2013 and I are not getting off on the right foot. I'm hoping this means it can really only get better from here.

8. Insert your own random thought here. 

Hmmm. Random thought . . . random thought. My mind is rather empty of random thoughts at the moment. OH. Here's one. If you haven't seen the new show on Discovery (I think it's Discovery) called Africa, you are seriously missing out. I think it's made by the same crew that did Planet Earth, which was freaking awesome. Africa is truly awesome, teaching you in a way that makes you tear up and laugh and go "huh, didn't know that".

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