Monday, November 23, 2009

Pseudo-single Parenting

Pseudo single parenting- a new form of parenting where one parent is absent due to work, military duty, or other circumstances while one parent rears the children a'la solo for the majority of the time.
The pseudo-single parent most often appears distracted and frazzled, yet there are others (so I hear) that do relatively well. P-S parents experience all of the responsibilities of a single parent (cooking, cleaning, soccer, etc.) and none of the perks (having random one-nighterswith strangers and getting hammered and going skinny-dipping when the kids are gone). Contrarily, they have all of the benefits of a marriage (secure relationship, never having to deal with dating again, financial stability) without the contractually obligatory bi-weekly sex.
Pseudo-single parents have the balls of a single parent with the odd quirks that only occur after having been married.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Welcome to the Malaprop of the day!


I follow the order to the wrong-worders. Malapropism runs deep within my veins, handed down from generations of odd-balls. I have added countless words to my computers dictionary challenging the sanctity of our very language. And now, I'd like to bestow them upon the masses. Clusters of phrases gone horribly wrong, wrong words that for some odd reason make sense and a bevvy of others that I happen to make up at any random minute that make no sense at all.
I'll be a word pimp, if you will. I'll make them, send them out onto the streets and pass them around, poor little things. So without further adieu, here she is, fresh off the small town bus! The malaprop of the day is:

psychosomosis- a psychosomatic episode caused due to the absorption of excessive amounts of media.


i.e. After reading the five articles on the Swine flu, I was struck down by an unfortunate case of psychosomosis, who's symptoms include but are not limited to: sore throat, rash, fever, paranoia, panic, excessive excuses for leaving bed and a CNN induced eye twitch.