Darrell's Corner On-Line
Journal
March 24, 2005
Well,
here we go again! I’d like to welcome
all the weary travelers who have just discovered this Web site. Stay as long as you want, but be aware, gas
is still $2.10 here!
I am
getting ready to add some new items to the Web page. I’m not ready to divulge them yet. At least one item will be a classic script
from my old audiotape series. Again, I
haven’t decided yet. Now, if I can only
fix my Site Statistics… I know some people
have visited this past month.
Nevertheless, my statistics show that nobody has been to this
page ever! In addition, my
counter on the main page is similarly broken.
According to it, only one person’s been by all month! I know of at least three individual people
who have accessed this page this month alone, and that’s not counting repeat
customers. (I do too have them, Stan, so
shut up!)
Today’s
uplifting thought from the Dartman: I
once fell in love. Trust me, renting a
billboard to profess your undying love to a woman you’ve only known for 15
minutes is not a good idea! For that
matter, it’s not a good idea if you’ve known her for fifteen years! For that matter, it’s not a good idea if
you’ve been married 15 years! For
that matter, it’s not a good idea if you’ve been married 15 years and the
subject of the billboard isn’t your wife!
(I think this stopped being funny 15 minutes ago…)
Well,
now’s as good a time as any to give the alternate version of the story behind
my nickname. (My version is located
under the January journal entries.) As
this so-called true story goes, I got the nickname Dartman because I had the
unerring capability to miss the dartboard.
In fact, I was supposedly so bad that I was in danger of hitting anybody
who passed anywhere the near vicinity of the dartboard – say, within 15 minutes
… err, meters. K Somehow, I like my “true story” better.
Now,
get ready for the…
Word of the Week: spoonerism – n. meaning the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of
words (example: The Lord is a shoving leopard ["loving shepherd"].) (pronounced
SPOO-nuh-riz-uhm)
Oh,
the class of (’98) had its dreams.
~Statler Brothers (They actually
used “ ’57”, but I graduated in ’98, and this stopped being funny 15 meters…
err, minutes ago.)
Darrell
March 17, 2005
Bonjour, mes amies. C’est moi. … Well, I was going to write an entire paragraph in French, but I cannot recall any other phrases. I’m like that des temps en temps.
This past week has seen me working. It’s just temporary; I’m still searching for something more, let’s say, structured and stable. I have files with many employment specialists, let’s say. I really need something! If anybody knows any CPAs that might need help, please let me know. For that matter, you might print off my resume and give it to them. Finally, once I have a job, please, somebody remind me to strike this part of my journal. This text is in blue to help me remember. There have been instances when people have been fired due to their on-line journals, or “blogs”. Not even that Person of the Year award I got from ABC News would be a comfort if I were suddenly unemployed and blacklisted among CPAs. (By the way, I’m not making up that “Person of the Year” thing! ABC News named bloggers as part of their People of the Year series last December. I just got this thing on-line in time!) All I can say is, je m’appelle Jean-Luc. Wait… that’s not right, n’est pas?
Today’s uplifting thought from the Dartman: A healthy dose of insanity will keep you happy. (THAT should be my nickname; “A healthy dose of insanity!”)
Well, Ashley’s back in Japan. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get her to take my avatar Stan with her. Wait a minute, it’s a self-generated…
Word of the
Week: avatar – n.
meaning 1. The incarnation of a deity; 2. An embodiment, as of a quality,
concept, philosophy, or tradition; an archetype; 3. A temporary manifestation or
aspect of a continuing entity (pronounced AV-uh-tar)
Just to annoy Stan, here’s a bonus…
Secondary Word
of the Week: quotidian – adj.
meaning 1. Occurring or returning daily; 2. Of an everyday character; ordinary;
commonplace (pronounced kwoh-TID-ee-uhn)
Attention! Vive la vie! C’est bonne! (I hope I’m conjugating properly!) A bientot!
Darrell L'Homme De Dard
March 12, 2005
Today’s
uplifting thought from the Dartman: That
“Reset” button above is just for show. Nothing
will happen! This page won’t
disappear! WAH-HA-HA!!!!! Go ahead; push it 10,000,000 times! I’m telling you, nothing will happen, or my
name isn’t Stan Smith!
There’s
a pretty white cat hanging around my domicile lately. (No, domicile isn’t the Word of the
Week!) Young, cute, and energetic. Three words that don’t describe Smokey; just
kidding! ö Anyways, the dog, Molly,
isn’t too thrilled. She obviously views
this new cat as a new rival for affections.
Every time she sees it, she chases it off. I don’t think Smokey is aware of this new
cat. I seriously doubt that new cat
would still be hanging around. Smokey
may be 16 years old and the approximate size of a plump watermelon, but he’s
still plenty territorial, vicious, and sharp-clawed to do harm to a cute little
kitty cat. Actually, I think Smokey
wouldn’t pose much of a threat. When
he’s outside, he just lies about and sniffs and rubs against things. (Lay off, Ashley; I know the sentence is
grammatically shaky!)
Bad
news; it’s the…
Word of the Week:
coquette – n. meaning a woman who habitually trifles
with the affections of men; a flirt (pronounced koh-KET)
Remember the many who are sick of my web page and on-line journal.
Darrell
March 2, 2005
Glad to be unstuck! Yesterday, I dropped a quarter in my car at Myers Drive-In. I had pulled up close to the ordering box. I opened the door as far at it would go and got out of the car. I then maneuvered back in so that I could look under the car seat for the aforementioned quarter. In so doing, I managed to get myself stuck! I didn’t find the quarter, although I found a dime that I had apparently lost previously. I managed to escape on my own. Needless to say, when I got back in the car, I entered on the passenger’s side. Egad!
Today’s uplifting thought from the Dartman: Give the world a smile each day. While you’re at it, give the jerk that cut you off in traffic and the person who overcharged you on your taxes smiles too. Just make sure to hide the anger. (Boy, I’m really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.)
As many of you undoubtedly know, the latest Star Trek series, Enterprise, has been cancelled. Like the original Trek, Enterprise was cancelled due to low ratings. Ironically enough, Enterprise was cancelled while the cast was shooting on a full mock-up of the original series’ Enterprise bridge! Yes, I know, it’s the Defiant from “The Tholian Web,” but go with me for a minute. The newest show has followed the course of the original: loyal fan base, weak ratings, barely surviving to syndication (Enterprise was nearly cancelled last year, too; it enters syndication this fall). It seems only fitting that the new show’s cancellation comes when they’re shooting on the old show’s bridge. Hopefully, we’ll see something positive in the Trek universe next year, the 40th anniversary. If not, so be it. We still have in excess of 700 episodes and 10 movies to keep us company. Personally, though, I hope we don’t see a sixth television series. I feel that would be overkill.
Now, speaking of overkill, it’s the…
Word of the
Week: legerdemain – n.
meaning 1. Sleight of hand; 2. A display of skill, trickery, or artful
deception (pronounced lej-ur-duh-MAIN)
Now, get out of here; I have to get unstuck from the keyboard!
Darrell