A New Word

I hereby bequeath to the world a new word, "roughstimate". Maybe not as snappy as "guesstimate", which I'm not the first to think of, but roughstimate, as in rough estimate, has its own niche. Use it, trade with your friends, collect the entire set. (And yeah, Google says there have been other uses of the word, but I thought of it independantly, so I'm gonna plant my flag on it. Let the natives take a shot at me if they wish.)

I drove the truck to work yesterday. Aaaahhhhh. When I pulled in the garage last night, Hanna came running and said "I want to see the new truck!"

Hanna was in pigtails this morning, the Cutemeter set to High. I asked her if she was Hanna Longstocking, and she said "No way!"

The other day I was talking with someone who is in a Smalltalk group here. (I think the Smalltalk community is really a cult.) He's Czech, with a deep voice, thick accent, sometimes hard to understand. Anyway, out of the blue he asks me "Are you far removed from your Czech ancestors?" Ha. I said, "It's been awhile." (Note: The name "Kouba" has Czech origins, related to "Jacob" or something like that. Though, that side of the family is not really Czech.)

I want some of these balloons!

If you haven't looked at it lately, I've added some new links along the right panel.