Schwa
I think "schwa" is the most fun word to say. Umlaut is second.

This is a schwa:


1. the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus.

2. the phonetic symbol, used to represent this sound.

I can't even remember how the conversation started, but Katie and I were having ice cream and needed to know how to spell schwa. So we started calling people to find someone who could look it up for us. Dad came through in the end. (I was right.)

Today was asshole day. I got a call from the company that is delivering my new dishwasher. The very brusque woman tells me that they're delivering my dishwasher between 7:30 & 11:30 tomorrow. I asked if I could be moved to later (when Mom is available) in the day and she just says no. That is terrible customer service. She didn't even act like she was checking a schedule or anything. So now I have to burn some personal time (sorry Christmas vacation) so I can sit around here and fume while I wait for the delivery guy.

Then when I was driving home, I came across a section of Lindbergh where they've closed the right lane (from the Schuetz intersection and north). This prick in a black pickup (who waited until the last possible moment to merge) decided that rather than wait for someone to yield, he would just move left into me. And force me into the center barrier. Turd.



All cars look pretty much the same in Microsoft Paint.

New dishwasher!