WordPlay: The Personal Dictionary Meme
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H is For…
- Hacker – Being a hacker is a good thing. In recent times, the word has been misused by the media, but it originally had only positive connotations. The basic difference is this: hackers build things, crackers break them.
- Hair – My hair is a medium auburn color and wavy (not curly). I like my hair. It kinks up in humid weather, which we had a lot of when I was living in Pennsylvania and Maryland. However, the weather in Northern California, where I live now, is perfect. My mother used to occasionally suggest I "do something about my hair". I don't think she had in mind my moving to California, but it worked.
- Harry Homeowner – When Rich and I are doing some sort of project for the house, we say we're channeling "Harry and Harriet Homeowner". Rich will say "I'm going to be Harry for a while" or I'll say "I have a project for Harry".
- Heater cats – We refer to our cats as the Heater Cats. The name comes from a sketch on Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion". Heater A heater cat is a Big Warm cat, suitable for Minnesota winters. Buy a big coat with four pockets sewn into the inside of the front, then pop a heater cat into each pocket… At night, they keep you warm in bed. Heater cats are bed warmers, lap warmers, and life warmers.
- Heffalump – Help Help, a horrible heffalump! A heffable horrilump! If you don't know heffalumps (and woozles) you need to read more Winnie the Pooh stories.
- Hickory Nuts – I love hickory nuts. They're shaped like a round pecan and have a flavor that's reminiscent of maple. My grandmother used to bring hickory nuts when she'd come to visit.
- HTRCATS – one of our license plates.
- HTRCATZ – our other license plate.
- Hummingbirds – we get these frequently in our back yard. I love to have a hummingbird hover a yard or so in front of me, cocking its head from side to side, trying to decide if I might be a flower.
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Note: I will keep updating the complete dictionary pages over time, but I may not come back to update the corresponding weblog entries.
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