Sunday, November 13th, 2022

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Tongue twister: Indubitably undebatable; undebatably indubitable.

(Despite "Indubitably, my dear Watson"*, I have a hard time remembering the doob syllable should be accented.)

Heard on TV: "Feeling buoyed".
(I believe it was said in regards to a town receiving support after the recent hurricane.)
The speaker pronounced it "feeling boo-ied", which is an accepted pronunciation for the word, but that sounds similar to "booed" to me. As "booed" and "buoyed" have rather opposite meanings, it seems a bad word choice to me. I would pronounce it more like "boid" or "bwoid", which wouldn't have the same problem.

Word! Word up! (interjections)
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/25086/what-are-the-meaning-and-possible-origin-of-word-and-word-up


*It seems that phrase doesn't even occur anywhere in The Complete Sherlock Holmes. There are many instances of "my dear Watson", but none of "indubitable" or "indubitably". Was the phrase used in one of the TV series then, or where did it originate?
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August:
I took a week of vacation.
I watched the Peacemaker series on HBO Max, and enjoyed it. That show has the best title sequence / music.


September:
I got a new phone.
I drove to Myrtle Beach with my mom, for a half-vacation half-work week.


October:
I visited an Arts & Music festival and browsed the art.

I went to the SC Pride Festival and got to see a performance by Sheila E.. A nice thing about these public outdoor events here is how close up you can get to the stage and performers, if you want, compared to a concert with assigned seating.

I got my flu shot and bivalent Covid booster on the same day, one in each arm.

Wyze treasure hunt! It affected me, oddly, remotely. I wish I had time to describe the feels.

Halloween: I put up decorations and lights. I replaced the net fabric from my ghosties with a different fabric less likely to entrap flying insects. The new fabric is thicker and heavier, so I cut it into strips to make it look better. Turned out quite well; I was very pleased. I gave out treats. There were 13 trick-or-treaters.


November:
I early-voted the Friday before; stood in line for an hour. But I was relieved to get it done with.

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