The Superior Hodgepodge

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1. Lake Superior University has once again published a list of words/phrases they think should be banished from the Queen's English...here's the list for 2013-

fiscal cliff, kick the can down the road, double down, job creators/creation, passion/passionate, yolo (an acronym for you only live once), spoiler alert, bucket list, trending, superfood, boneless wings, and guru

Which of these words/phrases would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why. Go here to read more about how the words were chosen.

I think someone is taking the word "Superior" in their title just a little too seriously. Perhaps we ought to do away with Lake Superior University, banish, and the Queen's English.

By the way, if the words are banished, what happens if we use them anyway? Are the grammar people gonna get us?

2.  When was the last time you rode a train?  Where did you go?
Does the tram at the amusement park count?

3. Bagels-yay or nay?  Favorite 'flavor'?  Favorite topping?
I cannot discuss bagels right now because I'm off carbs for the foreseeable future. But thanks for making me crave one.

  4.  'Tis the season of awards shows...if you could star in a movie already made which one would you choose?
Cinderella--killer shoes and a happy ending. What's not to love?

5. The move towards single gender classrooms has been making the news in recent months....what say you?  Do you think kids perform better if separated by gender and are taught differently or is that discrimination?  If you're a parent, is this something you'd support in regard to your own children? 
I teach in a single gender classroom. We homeschool and I only have boys. Although I'm in there too and I'm not a boy. So maybe we're not so gender-specific as I thought. Except that with all that testosterone around I do occasionally have to fight the urge to scratch and spit in public.

6. What's your favorite thing about staying in a hotel?
Someone else makes the bed and they bring you food whenever you want. 

7. Do you have a 'word' for 2013?  What's the story behind your choice? 
I was going to double down and pick something that was really trending, but apparently some job creator at Lake Superior U got hold of a superfood (probably boneless wings) and was inspired to put the job of banishing words on their bucket list. I feel very passionately that we ought to find that language guru and kick their can down the road because *spoiler alert* you only live once, and you ought to be able to use whatever words you choose.

Within reason, of course.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.
My darling granddaughter went to the pediatrician for a check up this week, and she now weighs 10 pounds and 6 ounces. I told her daddy that she was now only 2 ounces shy of his birth weight. Puts a whole new perspective on 32 hours of labor, doesn't it?

He still owes me.