RANDOM THINGS PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF ME ABOUT

RANDOM THINGS PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF ME ABOUT (Including ending sentences with a preposition) I like to end sentences with prepositions. “Ending sentences with a preposition is something up with which we should not put.” That makes no sense at all. Real English would be: "Ending sentences with a preposition is something we should not put up with.” Apologies to Editor Bob Manewith, but I will end my sentences with a preposition if I so wish to! When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I feel I should be given the choice of a white or black linen napkin. If I am wearing a dark colored suit and am presented with a white napkin I go insane. I know that little white pieces of lint will sully my dark skirt and make me look sloppy. Blog Follower Kevin Black has become a proponent of the black napkin and has thanked me for teaching him about it. Blog Follower Alison Slovin has ridiculed me in the past for insisting on a black napkin—that is until today when she texted me from a luncheon writing- “I'm @ a luncheon with a black skirt and white napkins. I am a mess from the white lint. I will never make fun of you again.” Unfortunately she took the kindness out of her apology by immediately texting: “I amend my previous email – I’m not sure in our long life together I could/would never make fun of you again!” You should have stopped at the first text, Alison. I wrote in an earlier Blog that I did not know how to re-new my passport. I got many e-mails from people laughing at me and instructing me exactly how to do it. I followed all the steps—went to the Department of State web site, filled out the application, got new pictures taken, found my old passport, etc. I met Blog Followers Constance Buscemi (affectionately know to us as Connie) and Stella Black for lunch to be followed by our going to the City Clerk’s Office for me to leave off my application. Luckily, Stella came with me. Why was I lucky? Because even though the Department of State web site said you could pay by check or credit card, the Clerk’s office would only take a check! I did not have a check on me. Stella had her checkbook with her and fronted me the $75. To accommodate Kathy, it takes a village! Fortunately for me, Chicago is a big village!