1. Check this out. It's a trailer for When Harry Met Sally, recut as if it were a horror movie. Hysterical!
2. Today's word is conbobberation (I know this thanks to the Forgotten English calendar Brett B. gave me for Christmas). It literally means disturbance but also "the tall talk of the backwoods." I can only assume it's something like when you're at Wal Mart and the rednecks behind you are talking about, I don't know, NASCAR and shooting things, but you have no idea what the hell they're saying.
On a related topic, while shopping in Kohl's the other night I over heard a strange conversation between two sales ladies. One lady had apparently gotten into a wordfight with a customer who, I don't know, wanted service or something:
"I swear. Next time I'm just going to haul off and pop them. You know? It's no skin off my nose to pop somebody. Kohl's can just get itself a lawsuit."
Or. You could, maybe, not assault someone. Save yourself some trouble. I'm just thinking out loud here.
3. I mentioned conbobberation because according to the calendar it appears often in Mark Twain's writing. It's been a while, but sounds right. Today is the date Samuel Clemens started using M.T. as his pen name. The thing quotes him:
"I want to sign my articles...Mark Twain. It is an old river term...signifying two fathoms--twelve feet. It has a richness about it. It was always a pleasant sound for a pilot to hear on a dark night. It meant safe water."
I rather like the sound of it.
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