Away in a Mayflower, two crates for my bed
Stayed home from work today and got to sleep in all the way until 7:12. The packers were due between 8 and 9 to start putting my Dayton life into little boxes. All things considered, the fact that they showed up at 9:10 was about the worst thing about them. Good crew, packed within a couple hours and loaded and gone by 12:30. I won't be able to play my guitar for over a week. But it's survived seventeen moves since 1989; it should be okay.
Spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up files and organizing computer disks and other crap. I've been in a bad mood all day. Nothing about going to Dayton is good news. The assignment should be interesting, the apartment cool, and I have many friends going to school. But nothing about the leaving is good.
Even seeing "The Hitchiker's
is it Hitchiker's or Hitchhikers?
Huh. My old high school copy of the book says "Hitch-hikers" (no apostrophe), while the spine says "Hitch Hiker's" (no hyphen).
At any rate. Even seeing the movie didn't do much to cheer me up. It was very well done, if a little scattershod. But it's a hard book to put to film, and they capture the zaniness and special effects very very well. Particularly the planet factory.
Two more days of work, the weekend, then sign out from the Pentagon Monday morning. Where has 2005 gone?
Spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up files and organizing computer disks and other crap. I've been in a bad mood all day. Nothing about going to Dayton is good news. The assignment should be interesting, the apartment cool, and I have many friends going to school. But nothing about the leaving is good.
Even seeing "The Hitchiker's
is it Hitchiker's or Hitchhikers?
Huh. My old high school copy of the book says "Hitch-hikers" (no apostrophe), while the spine says "Hitch Hiker's" (no hyphen).
At any rate. Even seeing the movie didn't do much to cheer me up. It was very well done, if a little scattershod. But it's a hard book to put to film, and they capture the zaniness and special effects very very well. Particularly the planet factory.
Two more days of work, the weekend, then sign out from the Pentagon Monday morning. Where has 2005 gone?
posted by Dan at 8:16 PM
4 Comments:
I can't imagine there's only one hitchhiker who needs a guide, so it really should be "Hitchhikers' Guide".
I can't think of any other words off the top of my head that have a double H.
Margaret Thatchher?
I believe it actually refers to a guide for the man/being who will be a hitch-hiker. Akin to "The Single Woman's Guide to Making Grilled Cheese Sandwiches." Not that all women in the world would need this book, but for those who are currently single and like bread and hot cheese, this would be the book for them. Individually. Single tense present particple. Ergo, hiker's.
Some people may have wanted to Thatch Her, or grill her like cheese sandwiches, but her surname was "Thatcher."
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