Reading Terry Karney’s blog I encounter a series of whimsical Internet quizzes, which I proceed to take. For some reason it’s important for me to try to answer correctly…. Anyway, they reveal that I am a Grammar God, an Ideal Lover, that if I were a Greek god I would be Eros, and that if I were a weird Latin phrase I would be Furnulum pani nolo (“I don’t want a toaster.”)
All of this beats spring cleaning, of course. As I said on the ASML last night, spring cleaning involves:
(1) Remove and wash all curtains (or drapes – your choice).
(2) Replace storm windows/doors with screens. (Destroy at least 2 fingernails during this process.)
(3) Doing (1) and (2) on a sunny day reveals all the cobwebs and dirt that have been invisible or ignored for the last 5 months. Clean quickly in case someone notices.
(4) Open garage, remove cars, wash/sweep out all of the salt and dirt that have tracked in over the winter. Make elaborate plans for painting garage floor with epoxy paint. Abandon after you realize that you didn’t know how to prepare the surface last time, and why should it work this year?
(5) Drain and clean humidifiers, remove to basement. Notice window air conditioners, try to figure out excuses for deferring installation as long as possible.
(6) Skip the other plans in favour of a long walk through the Arboretum to look for the first buds of the year….