My lesson this year is that it's possible to put too much pepper in soup. I keep cutting my last batch minestrone with chicken stop to keep my soup from biting back.
As for gardening lessons, those will have to wait until I get an apartment with a garden. If my houseplants are any indication, however, I should let someone else to the gardening. I didn't inherit grandma's or dad's green thumb.
As for your tomato problems, would you be able to plant grape tomatoes next year?
Oooh, that was just the pick up needed to get through the rest of today! Of course, the coffee's not hurting either. :)
Note to self: start making room on the bookshelf.
Sean Bosker wrote:
The Ikea story reminds me of the Chevy Nova. It sold horribly in Latin America, since no va, in Spanish literally means "It doesn't go."
Years ago Chemical Bank had a similar experience when it put branches in Chinatown. The translated name had associations with things that didn't work well. That may explain why it changed names in the subsequent mergers (eventually to Chase).
adamsj wrote:
I hate to tell you this, Deborah, but it's been done.
Obviously, I didn't Google that one. *blush* I figured that would be too generic to keep! Back to WWD, I guess...
When I worked in the garment industry, I always got pulled into the meetings for naming garments. Inevitably the legal department would reject half the names and we would have to start again.
Will wrote:
I've always wondered where authors get their new names. I mean, if you're Tolkien the language comes first, and then you just run the linguistics, but where do authors tend to find inspiration/ideas for names?
I've warped the names of fashion designers. Since I get Women's Wear Daily, there's always a copy near my computer. I also like my book of medieval poetry when I need a Latin sounding name.
My current favorite method (and very little work) involves listing the names of students who have left their sewing supplies after class since I'm picking up their rulers and such anyway. Of course, I still have to work on men's names.
Sometimes it's impossible to come up with anything. In a fit of frustration once, I named a mountain range The Nameless Ones since I couldn't think of anything.
I'm happy to hear the news! I hope your new doctor works out.
I hope things turn around soon.
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