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I’m sure the Hashers will be looking forward to the chili. Great pics as always.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 31/May/2021 @ 2:49 pm
Back on the mean streets of Barretto
Walking is a good test of character. Joy’s not a veteran walker, so of course her first few walks may involve blisters or other foot problems. If she gives up right away (give her blister a chance to heal, of course, before you judge), then you’ve taken the measure of her. She ought to be able to deal with the pain of a blister, though; she’s got kids, right? Childbirth is a hell of a lot worse, from what I hear. I’ll keep faith that she’ll heal up and pass the test of character.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/May/2021 @ 5:49 pm
Some new names and new views! Great stuff as always.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/May/2021 @ 5:42 pm
Still seems like a pretty full day for “nothing,” so maybe we should count that as a win.
I’ve never seen a single episode of “Lonesome Dove.” I gather you recommend it.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/May/2021 @ 11:27 pm
Sorry to read the Monte Cristo wasn’t as good as remembered. Isn’t the dipping sauce classically raspberry jam?
First and best Monte Cristo I ever had was a Bennigan’s sandwich. Totally covered in batter, fried to a crisp. Haven’t had one that good since. Might have to make my own one day.
Maybe the moon was just taking a break. Sick of appearing to all us terrestrial folks.
As for Fauci, fuck ‘im. We’re apparently about to lose the mask mandate here in Korea. My boss says it’s because Korea is following the US’s example… by which he means the US red states’ example. God knows why. Korea did a better job handling the pandemic, overall, than did the States.
Random note: I’m down to 118 kg. At this rate, I’ll make my weight goal well before December 31. More on that later at my blog.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/May/2021 @ 4:02 pm
Well, get yourself looked at and stay healthy. I do keep thinking back to Leonard Nimoy’s COPD; the man had quit smoking decades earlier, and it still came back to bite him. That’s worrisome, and it makes COPD something to watch out for.
I can relate to the low-energy thing. In my current state, everything takes effort, and I hate that feeling. Maybe Trump’s “low-energy” insult is dirtier than I gave him credit for.
My feet itch all the time from diabetic neuropathy, and it’s worst when I’m in bed, but as long as I have something to distract me, it’s not too bad.
Will you fall in love again? Who knows? You seem to keep hoping for a May-September romance, but there’s a Law of Diminishing Returns dynamic at work, here, as you get older. Then again, you might just find the Pinay version of Anna Nicole Smith (although look how she turned out).
Monte Cristo looks fantastic. I could use one about now instead of chicken breast and salad.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/May/2021 @ 6:28 pm
“I might try to be a bit more discrete on some topics”
I believe you mean “discreet,” i.e., taking precautions. (“Discrete” means “clearly different.”)
Aside from that little faux pas, great pictures.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/May/2021 @ 6:09 pm
And a good time was had by all!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/May/2021 @ 4:43 pm
Looks to have been fun despite the wetness. Great pics!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/May/2021 @ 12:07 pm
Well, at least it’s not a repetition of hell.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/May/2021 @ 3:48 pm
Beef:
Try making dishes where you slice the beef thinly. Even just slicing the beef thin, cooking it, then just adding salt and pepper is good. Doesn’t have to be a steak.Thumb:
That’s an infection. You might be able to lance it if the swelling is bad enough. See a manicurist or a doctor.Good luck!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/May/2021 @ 7:03 pm
Quite an adventure. Do you plan to head toward that lady’s property again, or is that path now marked as verboten?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/May/2021 @ 7:34 pm
Hey, I thought I’d written a comment here, too. It didn’t go through?
Dan’s been reading someone’s blog, I see.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/May/2021 @ 10:00 pm
My wisdom tooth extraction took a long time, too. Sorry to hear about the discomfort, but it sounds as if it could’ve been worse, and now, at least, it’s over. Keep us informed as to whether you go for the implant or the bridge.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/May/2021 @ 6:56 pm
That climb you mentioned does look bad. Can’t imagine doing that on a sweltering hot day.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/May/2021 @ 6:58 pm
Carrot cake looks really good. For me, from now on, that’s gonna have to be a once-a-month treat. Heh.
Sorry to hear about the tooth. Implants are expensive, from what I’ve heard. You can get used to living without a tooth, though. I’m missing one wisdom tooth, and life without it has been just fine. Are we talking about a molar, or about a more visible tooth?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/May/2021 @ 6:20 pm
Thanks and stay healthy, John and everyone else.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/May/2021 @ 12:45 pm
So in that first hiking picture, you mention a group of four. I see three guys clustered together, and a fourth in the distance. So who’s taking the picture?
I wrote that 2005 piece right as I was breaking up with someone. I no longer remember how sincere I was when I wrote it.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/May/2021 @ 6:48 pm
Not much happening here, either. While I was more mentally acute at work today than I’d been yesterday, there’s definitely something gummed up inside my head. So today was like yesterday, but slightly better. I’m actually off to bed soon. Enjoy your evening.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/May/2021 @ 8:03 pm
Happy anniversary! Three years already! Feels as though you just got here yesterday, but you’re right: you’re established now. Will you be moving once every three years, or are you thinking this will be your permanent residence? Whatever happens, I’m sure it’ll be an adventure! Here’s to many more years in the Philippines!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/May/2021 @ 6:31 pm
Good luck to today’s Hashers.
Zen Buddhism has all sorts of stories about rude actions by monks. Click this link to my blog, then scroll down the post until you hit the boldface text. The story of Buddhist rudeness told there is legendary.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/May/2021 @ 4:01 pm
“In the judicial system here, it is always the foreigner’s fault.”
Yeah, that sounds familiar. “Our tribe” über alles.
I hope your “not the best of days” is over and done with.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/May/2021 @ 9:41 am
The bottom sign is awesome, but putting scare quotes around “free” inadvertently implies “not really free.” People need to stop using quotes in place of boldface, italics, large font, all-caps, and underlining when they’re trying to emphasize something. Aside from that quibble, I agree entirely.
Good luck with your upcoming landlord fight. You gonna lawyer up, or is it just not worth the trouble?
The new place looks pretty good. Congratulations on (1) making the firm decision to move, and (2) actually moving. I hope your dogs like the place as much as you do. And I hope you’re not “maintaining two places” for too long.
What’s a CR? A crap room?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/May/2021 @ 8:55 pm
My buddy JW also claims to hate backtracking. What is with you guys? Why is backtracking such a horrible thing?
Anyway, I enjoyed the photos. Good luck finding a way to your destination next time! I expect a slew of Tibag-ing jokes next time.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/May/2021 @ 4:49 pm
“Joy, on the other hand, seems to sincerely think of me as a friend.”
Dude. Really? Well, I’ll be curious to see where this goes. Avowals of horniness just seem like a way to keep the fish on the hook. But hey, if it works for you…
Yeah, operating within a system of grammatical rules can feel oppressive. The paradox of freedom, though, is that mastery of rules can lead to great things. The three-year-old who fingerpaints doesn’t know any of the rules of art and therefore won’t produce any world-class masterpieces, but the disciplined artist can, godlike, create portals into glorious new universes.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/May/2021 @ 10:55 am
Ach! The comma saga continues! What error do these two sentences have in common?
1. It just seemed that my get up and go, got up and left.
2. All I know is that everything you know, is wrong.So here’s a new comma rule: don’t separate the subject from the predicate with a comma. Wanna kill a grasshopper? Take a spoon and shove it down between the insect’s head and the rest of its body. The resultant beheaded creature might live a while, but in the end, it’ll die. Using a comma to separate the two principal parts of your sentence kills the sentence. (Was that a dramatic enough image for you? Heh.)
People probably insert commas after the subject because they’re still blindly following the old “commas mark a pause” guideline. The problem is that there are pauses we make in spoken English that don’t merit commas in written English.
Imagine replacing “my get up and go” with “Jenny.”
Jenny, got up and left.
Oops. See?
You might think, “Well, ‘get up and go’ is a long expression, which is why I thought a comma was needed.” Nerp. “Get up and go” still serves as a subject in the singular, long or not.
As for “Everything you know, is wrong,” take out the adjective clause “you know” and see whether the sentence works with a comma.
Everything, is wrong.
Again: nein.
So that’s the rule: don’t behead your sentences by cleaving them in twain with unnecessary commas.
There is an exception, though: if you’re inserting an appositive (i.e., a descriptor or modifier, usually in phrasal form) that’s surrounded by TWO commas, then that’s okay. Examples:
Fred, who knows a thing or two about syphilis, regaled us with tales of his most recent irresponsible sexcapades.
Art, an avid marathoner, just had a heart attack.
Et voilà.
As for the “business, not kindness” image in your post, I agree with it. But you knew I would. Sex for favors, items, or money is still prostitution, so why not just call it bangin’ hos? Because you’re violating those women’s dignity? They’ve already done that to themselves by stooping (ahem) to such work. And hey, I’m not judging—what you do is your own business, and I’m never going to tell you to stop doing it. Boom-boom away, mi amigo! I certainly don’t think you’re going to hell, and besides, what does it matter what my opinion is, anyway? But please be honest with yourself about what’s really going on instead of trying to pretty it up in your own mind. It’s a gritty reality, not a pretty reality.
In other news… the trail pics are as awesome as always, and the ribs look damn good. I might have to go to the local Costco and buy a huge rack of ribs. I also have a second slow cooker now, thanks to my boss, so maybe it’s time to cook something huge—something with “pulled” in the name.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/May/2021 @ 11:19 pm
Heh. I wrote, “both side of the pond.” Thus is it ever goes for the language scold.
In my defense, I had an English coworker, years ago, who spoke with a strong northern accent, and who would say things like, “I saw ‘im two, tree month ago”—with no “s” on “months” (and with “three” sounding like “tree”). So, hell, if he can drop an “s,” then by God, so can I!
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» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/May/2021 @ 9:13 pm
Daeguowl,
“Perfectly acceptable” is not the same as “perfectly grammatical,” of course, but I agree with the notion that certain locutions may be more or less acceptable in the US or UK context. I’m pretty sure that, technically speaking, my above explanation of linking verbs applies equally on both side of the pond. That said, it’s also a commonplace that people speak and write ungrammatically all the time, and this is acceptable. For example, Americans say, “There’s a lotta people in this room” instead of “There are…”—and no one bats an eye.
To answer your question more directly: Americans don’t normally say “I’m feeling poorly,” although maybe some—like ol’ John, here—do. Perhaps John can vouch for whether that’s some sort of regionalism. Certain American regionalisms do, in fact, come from Britain, so there may be a connection.
I knew a woman who used to misuse the word “anymore” because of where she came from. She’d say something like, “Gas prices are going up anymore,” with “anymore” being her surrogate for “these days.” Normally, “anymore” is used with negatives and interrogatives: “Is he there anymore? We don’t see him anymore.” So from the perspective of “proper” English, the lady’s idiosyncratic use is incorrect, but it’s also only natural because of where she’s from.
Scroll down and read Dictionary.com’s usage note for “anymore” here.
Now that I’ve beaten the issue to death, as I usually do, I’ll sign off here, and you won’t see me in this particular comment thread anymore.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/May/2021 @ 8:57 pm
And this is the comment in which I offer my sympathies re: the state of your health. Sorry to read that lethargy has struck again. Keep an eye on that; if you see a pattern (and blogging these instances will allow you to check for a pattern later on), maybe it’s time to seek medical attention.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/May/2021 @ 8:15 pm
«« Back To Stats PageLet’s skip comma issues (of which there are many!) and focus on this:
“Truth is, I’m feeling poorly today.”
The verb “feel” is what we call a linking verb. It links some noun or modifier in the predicate back to the subject. The most common linking verb is the verb “to be.” It introduces the predicate and takes a predicate nominative (a noun in the predicate) or a predicate adjective. Examples:
1. John is an American. (pred. nom. = American)
2. John is horny. (pred. adj. = horny)Most of the other major linking verbs are associated with sense/perception. These linking verbs would be: seem, appear, look, sound, taste, smell, and feel. Linking verbs DO NOT take adverbs, which is why you should never say, “I feel badly.”*
Examples of proper usage:
1. That seems easy.
2. He appears drunk.
3. You look confused.
4. That sounds lovely. (lovely = adj., not adv.)
5. Your son’s skin feels reptilian.
6. This tastes shitty.
7. Your fart smells nasty.Try using adverbs with some linking verbs, and you’ll see it doesn’t work:
1. That seems easily.
2. He appears drunkenly.
3. You look confusedly.
4. That sounds lovelily. (“lovelily” does exist!)
5. Your son’s skin feels reptilianly. (not a word)
6. This tastes shittily.
7. Your fart smells deliciously.So that’s how you know not to use an adverb after a linking verb. By the way, a horny guy like you will be happy to know that a linking verb also goes by the technical name of copula. Who knew grammar could be so conjugal?
Upshot: no “I feel poorly” or “I feel badly.” People use “badly” because they think they’re being more grammatically correct. It somehow sounds more literate to the uneducated mind. Donald Trump made the mistake of trying to correct a woman who had said “I feel bad” by interjecting a terse “Badly.” He simply made himself look dumb, and he followed that up with a four-year storm of tweets that confirmed his lack of mastery of English. To be clear, I’m a supporter of most of Trump’s policies, but even his supporters have to admit the man was and is a linguistic retard.
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*This is where all the smartasses chime in and say, “But what if I’m trying to say that my tactile faculties are dysfunctional, resulting in my ‘feeling badly’?” Oh, fuck off. In such a situation, you’re more likely to say “Ah cain’t feel nuthin’,” or “Ah’m numb,” or something like that.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/May/2021 @ 7:49 pm