Shhhh! I'm not really here!

Hubs and I are having guests over for dinner on Saturday and the house is a wreck. I told him I wouldn't "waste time" online until I got the house in better shape - so don't tell him I was here, okay? Off to clean...

Tonight...

We watched Pearl Harbor on AMC, and, well...

The Imposter Phenomenon

This evening's reading: "The Imposter Phenomenon in High Achieving Women: Dynamics and Therapeutic Intervention," by Pauline Rose Clance & Suzanne Imes - while this particular article is a little bit dry, I'm very interested in the topic. If you would like to read it, the pdf is online. This was originally published in the late 1970's, but the topic is by no means outdated.

Fun toys for nerds

Among today's stuff:

The Oxford English Dictionary has a word of the day feed!

President McKinley was shot on this day in 1901 (just one of the tidbits from History.com's This Day in History) - I've known about this forever but still enjoy checking it.

Project Gutenberg is amassing quite a nice collection of audio books, some read by humans and others computer-generated.

Far too easily amused...

I'm playing on the computer, as usual, while my children's minds rot in front of the television. And these recent additions at Pundit Kitchen amuse me far more than they should. Is my inner nerd showing?

old family joke

When I spotted this, I was reminded of one of my father's jokes. It never ceases to amuse him.

The scene: Family car, driving down a road, somewhere, anywhere.

The actors: My father, me, and sometimes others

The action: I'm doing something - anything - talking, fiddling with the radio, eating a snack, whatever (except reading, 'cause that makes me carsick).

Father: Oh, hey!
Gullible me: What?
Father: Hey!
Me: Yes, I'm listening, what?
Father: Over there - it's a load of hay on a (trailer, truck, whatever).
Me: (rolls eyes)

Isn't my dad the punniest? I know he's secretly waiting with eager anticipation until my kids are old enough to appreciate this one.

Famous English Majors

I'm on a frivolous quest to compile a list of famous and/or successful English majors (yes, I was one, too, but not famous or successful outside my own mind). I found this useful list from CWU, which includes such notables as Jodie Foster, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Steven Spielberg, and Garrison Keillor (naturally, since he loves to mock English majors on "A Prairie Home Companion"), along with assorted well-known writers. ISU has a good list, too, with some additional names (Joe Paterno, Sting, and Dr. Seuss, for example). But I'd like to find more. Particularly some good ironic ones, people you wouldn't expect. Let me know if you find someone interesting.

ETA: Aha! Found some ironic ones! Vin Diesel, Clarence Thomas, and Marty Shottenheimer! Most actors don't qualify for the "ironic English major" label, but I think Mr. Diesel does. ;)