tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69490877742295677192011-09-09T05:01:34.987-07:00Tess Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268019211135424840noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949087774229567719.post-4733238385192878932009-12-10T00:36:00.000-08:002009-12-10T00:38:32.829-08:00This week I thought I'd make my list about some of my irrational fears. Don't ask me to explain them, that's what irrational means.<br /><br />1. Potato peelers--I like to keep the skin on my fingers, thanks.<br /><br />2. The Dentist--(notice the capitol letters) I do go for a yearly appointment, but need a serious dose of laughing gas before I can even sit in the chair.<br /><br />3. Bugs--Insents remind me of little alien creatures. How do they walk on those thin stick legs?<br /><br />4. Snakes--Just one large writhing digestive tract. Yuch!<br /><br />5. Clowns--NOT funny, unsettling and annoying at best.<br /><br />6. Deep water--And everything that might be hiding beneath it.<br /><br />7. Being buried alive--In this day of embalming this is pretty unlikely, but just in case, cremate me would ya?<br /><br />8. Tight places--What's up with those cave sprelunkers? Getting trapped in a narrow tunnel just freaks me out.<br /><br />9. Cheese Graters--See number one.<br /><br />10. Spiders--Hairy little crawly critters. <br /><br />11. Choking on a bone--I cannot eat meat that has skin or bones on it.<br /><br />12. Hooks--Fish hooks, meat hooks, coat hooks....<br /><br />13. Long stretches of deserted highway--Seen too many horror movies not to add this one.<br /><br /><br />Any you'd care to share?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6949087774229567719-473323838519287893?l=fictionbytess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tess Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268019211135424840noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949087774229567719.post-38254984325008384432009-12-03T07:29:00.000-08:002009-12-03T09:15:08.219-08:00What's in a Name?<br /><br />I work with children and over the years have heard some crazy ones. Here's my Thursday Thirteen list of the most outrageous ones.<br /><br /><br />1. Kal-El--Yes, that's right. Poor kid was named after Superman.<br /><br />2. Legend--That's a tough name to live up to.<br /><br />3. ABCDE--Pronounced ab-sid-ee. Her big brother's name was LX.<br /><br />4. Possum--Just like the animal.<br /><br />5. Twenty three--The date he was born on.<br /><br />6. Penisiluau--Pronounced Penny-si-luau. Proud Pacific Islander name, but all the other teen aged boys saw when they spelled his name was a party for dicks.<br /><br />7. Neisseiria--Pronounced Nigh-seer-ia. Sounds beautiful until you learn it's the latin name for the germ that causes Gonorrhea.<br /><br />8. Shithead--Prounounced Shi-theed. Honest, got it from a very reliable source.<br /><br />9. Huckleberry-Dad was a Mark Twain fan.<br /><br />10. Kidd--For the parent too lazy to choose a name.<br /><br />11. Ellyptica--Exercise machine or physics term?<br /><br />12. Caution--Would you date a guy with that name?<br /><br />13. Oranjello and his twin brother Yellojello--Seriously. No joke.<br /><br /><br />I'm sure you've heard some doozies in your time. I'd love to hear them. ~~ Tess<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6949087774229567719-3825498432500838443?l=fictionbytess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tess Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268019211135424840noreply@blogger.com1