Coucoumellisms

It is getting bad enough that I am considering (although not seriously) bandaging up my arm and going to play in the friendly game on Thursday. Don't worry, I'm not going to do it, (not this week anyway), but I have been thinking about it. I won't do it, because quite frankly, something as simple as just going shopping is enough to make my arm ache. I was alone , this morning (the 4 year old monster was at pre-school) and I did one store, lifted a few dresses off a rack, looked through a few boxes of shoes, and that was enough to make the arm ache. Heck, typing makes it sore. (Yes, I will be getting off in a minute.) So I figure, I may not be quite ready for a soccer game this Thursday. I'm starting to get the shakes already...

Jean-Alexandre gets credit for showing me this. It's hilarious. The 9 men with the most manly names in the world. My favourite is number 4. But there is definitely no beating number one at manliest name... Check it out .

My books were sent to me on February 16, 2010 from a place 5 hours away from me. It only takes five hours to get there from here by car. Yep, only five. It is March 25, 2010 today, exactly five weeks and 2 days since they were sent. Is it just me, or is there a problem here? Five weeks and I have still got nothing to show for it? I paid over $50 just for the shipping. That makes a $200 package more or less. I'd really like to have it now if you don't mind. Thank you very much.

... I got hurt because I am old, and older people are very frail and get hurt more easily. You have to be careful with them. When I refuted that theory by saying I used to sprain my ankle all the time when I was his age, he changed his theory to I got hurt because men are superior to women and I got hurt because I'm a woman. His theory is that we are equal in every other way except that men are bigger, faster and stronger, therefore men are superior, and that is why I got hurt.

Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett stated (Hill Times, March 22, 2010) that motherhood wasn’t a “real job.” Instead, she stated that “women” (presumably speaking on behalf of all women) “want economic independence, to be able to go back to school, to get a real job, to be able to go to work.” Well, gee, I'm glad we've got that straight...

I would really appreciate it if you could get the parcel that I am waiting for to me as soon as possible. I know you have a lot of parcels to send to a lot of places, but this one happens to contain a few books I ordered, for a fairly high price, and I have been waiting for this package, which was sent to me through a friend, for at least a month now. Quite frankly, I am starting to get worried. You do realize, that had I gone to get them myself, it would have taken me 5 hours and not 5 weeks? Thank you very much for your consideration. Dear Patron Saint of Lost articles, (AKA Saint Anthony) Please help Canada Post and USPS to find the package they have somehow misplaced and get it to me as soon as possible. Amen.

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... but on the other hand, I happened to be right beside someone on the other team, when they lost the ball. I immediately took it, turned around, and found noone in front of me. So I did what any self-respecting soccer player does, I ran for the goal. She shoots. She scores!!!

I finished reading Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) last night. I had put it aside to read last, as I had read her sister's Wuthering Heights and found it to be rather dark. Jane Eyre starts off not very happy, but gets so much better. I absolutely loved it. I loved the morality, I loved the passion. There is the perfect balance of both in this book. It is neither permissive nor uptight. To her credit, Jane Eyre does what is right, despite her feelings pulling her to do the contrary, and in the end, she gets her happy ending, a much happier ending than would have been had she followed her feelings only. If I am ever single again, the next person I fall in love with will have to be a Mr. Rochester. Jane considers her to be equal to Mr. Rochester, not in the sense of class, or riches, but in the sense that her soul understood perfectly his. They share a similar sense of humour, with him, she is absolutely free to be herself, no need to hide a part of herself, there is nothing about her t...

I read through my book yesterday, and finished it this morning. Unfortunately, there were a number of typos, and other errors, including some formatting ones, especially near the end, that I did not catch, as well as at least one inconsistency. There are a few passages that I think could have either been written better or broken down. But it is too late now. An editor would have been nice, would have caught these things, but Publish America is, albeit a free one, still a self-publishing company, and does not offer much in the way of services, other than printing the book. It's too bad, because I think it is a decent book, and could have been better. Still, despite the few errors, it is not unreadable, nor incomprehensible like some of the books they publish must be. We (the authors) provide the book description as well as the author description for the back of the book, and I came across at least one in the Publish America Directory, that, in reading the back cover, I tho...

... but this is weird. It is supposed to be a complementary copy, so at no charge to me. The receipt inside confirms this, as my total comes to $0.00 even including shipping. However, I had to pay $20.62 in importation fees! What the heck is that? It breaks down into $1.32 in GST, $17.10 in BROK FEE (broker's fee I imagine?) $0.85 in BROK GST, $1.35 in BROK QST. How do they get all those fees on a free item? Any percentage of $0.00 is $0.00 as far as I know... and what is this BROK FEE? Does this mean that, had I decided to ship the books I did buy to eventually do book signings somewhere, that on top of the outrageous shipping prices, ($120.00+ instead of $50.00+) I would have had to pay outrageous importation fees too? It's a good thing I had it sent to my friend instead!!!