A Stroll in the Park

Dear readers, please forgive my hiatus. My ladyfriend Catherine recently returned from tending to her ill mother. After the rather emotional weeks she spent as a doting nursemaid, she demanded my exclusive company for several days. Although it was, as always, a delight to entertain her and regale her with anecdotes and fictitious adventures, it kept my pen from my paper for a length of time.

While C. takes great pleasure in wandering the grounds on my estate, after a few days she suggested we travel to the city and enjoy some of the public parklands there. One of our great pastimes is sitting discretely on a bench and regarding the passersby and other various parkgoers, commenting on them mercilessly. We attempt, like children, to maintain our composure and dignity when others approach, switching our discourse to politics, the flux in the transportation market, and so on.

I'm So Busy #1, Or, I Review Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Okay, you guys, I am really busy.  I have not been able to write anything for the blog due to a high concentration of homework this weekend/week.  So what I'm going to do is show you my hastily, sloppily composed essays which are detracting from my posts here.  Dare I say that they are rather...  Slapdash???

Essay #1:  A Book Review of Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Debatiquette

The debate, an age old and honoured institution. Used by some of society's most brilliant and influential people. Politicians, too. As a boy super genius with a PhD in whoop ass, I've been in many a debate, spanning issues from the ethics of euthanasia to the merits of crunchy peanut butter.* As a public service,** allow me to share with you the most masterful debate strategies I have ever encountered.