I've noticed that recently my writing style has become significantly more terse, and I think that is an improvement. To wit, I was walking around the house this morning and I heard the water running. Which is a bad thing if you don't know why. Turns out the handle on one of the toilets was stuck.
While I was walking around I was having a conversation with myself about how one becomes in tune with their house and even minor noise variations can be significant. This internal aside went something like this:
"When one owns a house they become in tune with the sounds of the house. They can pick up on small variations in the noises. The small sounds of the running of water. The creaks in the walls. The sounds of wind stressing the walls.
I put in italics what I am going to call the new version of umm. Instead of saying um, we drivel on with pointless extra information of no value. From the listeners perspective umm is actually much better than this verbal drivel because at least you know to ignore umm. I hear the new version of umm on NPR most often, but Bush also does it in press conferences. All in all, there is a reason for umm, let's use it.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings... more pictures of Megan. This time she is playing in her new sandbox.
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