Oh, spring.
I'm still in a flurry of pulling weeds, and I'm way behind on yard stuff. My garden is getting to be a big slug buffet. The rainy season isn't quite over, and the sunny season is getting started. We still have mushrooms everywhere -- not the kind that are safe to eat, though. Not mostly. We're on a wooded lot, so there are fairy rings everywhere, too. They magically appear, and we try to find them before the puppies do. But the rings are pretty cool...
I love spring. Maybe I feel happy because the UV index is different than zero.
I probably feel good these days because spring gets me outside and away from screens. I am sucked into a screen all winter, and it makes me feel stale. Do you ever get screen-numb? That stunned feeling from sitting on your butt and working in front of a screen for far too long than is decent? For me, it feels like something sucked out 20% of my brain cells and I just can't get the rest of them to rub together like they should. And epoxy is injected into my neck and shoulders. And yet, I still can't turn my head away...
Screen breaks are good. Thanks for spring. What do you do when there is no screen to be found?
Our favorite family thing is playing word games. Somehow, we always wind up playing Hink Pink. I don't know how common that game is -- I've seen it in a box at Barnes and Noble before. A Hink Pink is something described by two words that rhyme. What is a Hink Pink for an obese feline? A fat cat.
Suppose you have a Hink Pink, but it's two syllables. That's a Hinky Pinky. What is a Hinky Pinky for a fantastically wonderful marsupial? It's an awesome possum.
Three syllables? It's a Hinkity Pinkity. What is a Hinkity Pinkity for a bug you're most likely to see, especially if you live in the Bay Area? That's a dominant common ant.
Sometimes it's fun to require that everyone playing sticks to a certain category. Here, we might want to stick to politics. What's a Hinky Pinky for John Boehner's eye? A Speaker leaker. Hinky Pinky for "OMG -- we MUST cut everything! Taxes for the rich -- budgets for the poor." That would be Cantor banter. A Hinky Pinky for "Repeal Obamacare or we're all gonna die!!!! Die I tell you!!!" ??? Cruz's ruses.
At this point, I realize that Sarah Palin has to be off limits for this game. It's just too much low hanging fruit. "Palin" rhymes with everything. Bailin', whalin', nailin', jailin'. It's just too easy.
Hinky Pinky for when Obama teases the VP about making gaffes? Chidin' Biden. Or if he just won't let up? Ridin' Biden.
One thing, though. It's important that a Hink Pink has to rhyme perfectly. At least phonetically. So, "Ryan's lyin'" doesn't qualify. "Ryan lyin'" does qualify, though. And it's low hanging fruit. "Rand's plans" might or might not qualify -- and so would be left to the a Hinky Pinky jury of peers for a decision...
What games do you play when you're away from your screens?
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