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truepenny1. Went to the vet's office this morning to buy cat food and got to see a Newfoundland heading into one of the exam rooms for his or her check up. I love Newfies; they look so exactly like small bears, and those that I have seen have clearly been deep in love with the whole wide world.
2. My dreams last night starred Avery Brooks and Hulk Hogan. I'm still decidedly nonplussed about that.
3. I now know of two cats named Mildmay (thank you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hominysnark and topknot, both for choosing that name and for telling me about it). Of all the things I imagined before I became a writer about what a writing career would be like, I never thought people would be naming their cats after my characters. I have to say, it's kind of awesome.
4. No, neither Felix nor Mehitabel is named after the famous cats of those names--although Mehitabel is more or less named after a cat, as my first exposure to the name was a neighbor's cat when I was a kid (and that cat may have been named after Don Marquis' mehitabel, although I don't know for sure either way). That wasn't in my head when I was naming her though; all I was after was to replace her original name, which was Hephzibah.
5. Today, in pursuit of my job, I found both an Old Norse dictionary (ON to English and English to ON) and some Old English resources. The word for "poison" in Old Norse is eitr, and the word for "poisonous" in Old English is aettryne. (The word "poison" is from Latin, potio, -onis by way of Old French and Middle English pocion.)
Best job in the world.
2. My dreams last night starred Avery Brooks and Hulk Hogan. I'm still decidedly nonplussed about that.
3. I now know of two cats named Mildmay (thank you,
hominysnark and topknot, both for choosing that name and for telling me about it). Of all the things I imagined before I became a writer about what a writing career would be like, I never thought people would be naming their cats after my characters. I have to say, it's kind of awesome.4. No, neither Felix nor Mehitabel is named after the famous cats of those names--although Mehitabel is more or less named after a cat, as my first exposure to the name was a neighbor's cat when I was a kid (and that cat may have been named after Don Marquis' mehitabel, although I don't know for sure either way). That wasn't in my head when I was naming her though; all I was after was to replace her original name, which was Hephzibah.
5. Today, in pursuit of my job, I found both an Old Norse dictionary (ON to English and English to ON) and some Old English resources. The word for "poison" in Old Norse is eitr, and the word for "poisonous" in Old English is aettryne. (The word "poison" is from Latin, potio, -onis by way of Old French and Middle English pocion.)
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Date: 2010-06-13 12:28 am (UTC)In the late 60's, in Duluth, MN, my mother was giving my dad a ride to work. In practice, this meant Dad drove to work, and Mom drove home. On the way to work, Mom went 'look, a bear!' Dad didn't get to a chance to look and see it. Mom didn't see it on the way home. They kept to that route for a while, and finally saw the bear again. It was a Newfie. There was a Newfie and a Pyrenee together - the same dentist owned both of them. They were named Blizzard and Blue. Blizzard kept trying to follow the dentist's daughter to school.
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Date: 2010-06-13 01:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-13 02:03 am (UTC)<drowns in hair>
<(some still attached to dogs convinced that they are too lapdogs)>
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Date: 2010-06-13 02:16 am (UTC)I grew up with Chihuahuas - a 50-pound bag of dogfood would have lasted a year!