Banana Pancakes

In the last couple weeks I have made several calls to set up a project. One of cell phones I've called many times doesn't "ring" but instead plays a snip of a song "to enjoy while you wait for your party to answer" (according to the friendly woman speaking into my ear). Since I have heard this particular song repeatedly and it has stuck in my head ("... make you banana pancakes, pretend like it's the weekend...") I decided to look it up. The song is "Banana Pancakes" as sung by Jack Johnson. Do you ever hear this when you make a call? Are you familiar with Jack's music? Maybe he's the latest hit and I'm just missing out... and banana pancakes sound like a good breakfast, too!

Catalpa Update

I had reported earlier that the Catalpa trees outside my south windows were slow to get leaves. They also seemed slow to blossom; however, in the last 24 hours, all of the little white flowers have sprung forth. Even since this morning they have gotten "whiter". The aroma is also detectable.

Summer

I'll be moving to my "summer home" shortly. I think I'll enjoy living by the lake with lots of interesting things to do and see around me. Hopefully I will get a little work (primarily reading & writing) done while I'm there... The picture doesn't have the exact place marked, it's actually a few buildings to the left.

Backronyms

I didn't realize there was an "official" name for them, but wikipedia reports that a backronym or bacronym is the inverse of an acronym, that is, the words of the expanded term were chosen to fit the letters of the acronym.

Here are some examples that I thought were humorous. (Of course, some might betray some of my closely guarded opinions!)

• UPS - United Package Smashers
• Alitalia - [airline] Always Late In Take-off, Always Late In Arrival
• FEMA - Fatal Emergencies Mismanaged Again
• CNN - Chicken Noodle News
• PTL - Pass The Loot
• NASCAR - Non Athletic Sports Created Around Rednecks
• Spam - System Plugged (with) Annoying Messages; Stupid Person's AdvertiseMent; Stuff (or Sewage) Posing As Mail; Send(ing) People Annoying Mail/Messages; Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages
• FOX News - Foundation Of Xenophobes Needlessly Embellishing War Stories
• Marine - Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential
• Diana - Died In A Nasty Accident [In bad form, I admit...]

My sister will have to tell me if this one is true for another SDSU!

• SDSU - Still Drunk, Still Undeclared