An Inimical Wordy Wednesday
August 30, 2006
Alright, here's this week's word-inimical. The definition is, "hostile, unfriendly, in opposition".
And I'm beginning to suspect that there are inimical forces at work around here. First off, our server and bloglines weren't communicating, so most of my blogline readers didn't come over to visit. boo hoo. Then, we have a whole bunch of broken stuff at our house.
ONE
The one year old printer, so broken.
TWO:
The ipod now beeps AND shows an icon of an exclamation mark on a closed file.You can't listen to music on it now at all. A broken, expensive toy.
THREE:
This is the third pair of the hubby's glasses that Keely has broken. The man can't see without them and his new ones aren't ready yet, so he used packaging tape to hold the lens in. nice. Classy, even.
While I was walking around taking photos of all our broken stuff, the sweating hubby said, "You might as well take a picture of the window a/c because it might as well be broken. So, here it is…
It says, "61" degrees on there. HA! Our house thermomstat says, "85" and that is in the same room as this thing. Summer can go now. We are done.
Hope you enjoyed this inimical post. ha ha ha. Oh, we aren't really hostile feeling over all this. It is actually quite amusing. It seems one thing never breaks on its own. Broken stuff comes in groups. Come to think of it, our stove was also broken. The thermostat died, but we already got that fixed. If it's too hot for your oven, then you know you've got problems.
*bloglines situation is now fixed.
** Thanks for your input on the sheeting. Even though I really like the idea of leaving them whole until someone buys a piece, I realized that I can't do it that way because I'd have to sit on the computer, watching, all day to change the status of a sheet if a piece was sold.Otherwise someone might buy 1/4 and another might buy it whole and that wouldn't be good. I don't think my store sight is fancy enough to automate that for me. hmmm. Ya know? O.k. so enough about that now, right? Thanks again.
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10 Comments Leave a Comment
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MéLisa | August 30, 2006 at 9:02 am
Oh we know all about inimical forces at our house. Sorry that your having so much breakage going on. They say that bad things come in 3s so maybe you are done for a while now.
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LLA | August 30, 2006 at 9:09 am
Oooh – that’s a new one to me! I like it….
I also like the way that you are maintaining a sense of humor and perspective about all the broken stuff. And you are right, it does tend to comes in clumps, doesn’t it?
Both Bloglines and Blogger were big pains yesterday – must have been some of those inimical forces… (YES! Now I just have to use it in a sentence 2 more times, and it is mine!)*
*Advice from an old Middle School Teacher – you have to use a new word three times before it belongs to you….
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Alicia A. | August 30, 2006 at 9:14 am
Ahhhh… I’m sorry. That all sucks. Surely cooler weather will come soon. And my husband and your husband can look like twins in their broken glasses. VERY classy.
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molly | August 30, 2006 at 9:45 am
ugh! broken things always seem to come in groups…hope everything is up and running soon…and I agree, ‘summer, you can go now!’
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capello | August 30, 2006 at 10:17 am
Wow. Your broken stuff is like deaths. Always comes in groups.
(And I’m sobbing in memory of your ipod. I don’t have one, so I’m kinda pissed that you do, but I’m not holding it against you. No music? ::sob::)
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Ali | August 30, 2006 at 12:12 pm
you got me with that one – never heared it. Broken stuff – bummer.
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lera | August 30, 2006 at 1:40 pm
misery loves company. things always break in pairs and sets.
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monica | August 30, 2006 at 3:12 pm
we had an inimical day too last month… the microwave, the toaster and the iron. Oh the vacuum cleaner went too the week after.
What is this technological meltdown… scary. Is the world coming to an end?
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estea | August 30, 2006 at 3:24 pm
oh honey I am so sorry.
as Ma Ingalls always said, “when it rains it pours.”
and as i always say “this totally sucks a$$”
hang in there. may the weather be cooler and may the electronics be salvaged and may you find glasses repair or new frames for not too much cash.
a month ago the baby stepped on my great cat eye/rhinestone pair and i am also practically blind without ‘em. They have black electrical tape holding the side piece on. stunning.
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kirsten | August 31, 2006 at 8:23 am
my daughter just broke her glasses, too – try hot glue! seriously – we’re waiting for her new ones as well. this is working well enough that she can see, at least.
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