judecorp | Obsolescence

During our visit with my grandparents today, my grandfather used the word "obsolescence" in conversation. It was pretty awesome to hear my 88.5-year-old grandfather bust out the Jeopardy! word, you know?

I always think of myself as coming from good old fashioned generic working class stock, but then I hear my grandfather use a word like "obsolescence" and realize just how much academic privilege I carry around. I mean, sure, I always knew that my family had a HUGE focus on education, but it just really struck me how freaking knowledgable my gene pool is. And I love it.

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In other News of the Nerdy, Joey came over last night late to play a little Scrabble and I got to make a freaking seven letter word. I don't think I've ever done that. It felt pretty damned awesome.

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We had an evening stop in Quincy to see

gala and

hoo to say Happy 30th to

gala and of course steal a little love from Baby Veronica, who was clearly DONE WITH PEOPLE (doing the little baby turn-as-far-away-as-possible thing) by the time I came in. Drat to us for being late. But the evening was totally groovy++++ because not only did I get to chat with Brian about Philmont, but I also got to hear

hoo's mum tell a story about a time she pulled a really long grey hair out of an old lady's neck by accident (she thought it was not attached) during a formal tea. Dear lord, I almost peed myself.

I hadn't seen

hoo's mum in a billion years, since sometime in the mid90s, and she is still one of the warmest, most charming women ever. I just adore her. And I don't even mind that

hoo used the promise of his mum to lure me to his house!