Gummy Bears

I can remember a time, long long ago, when Gummy Bears (actually called Gummi Bears, since they were imported from Germany) were the only gummy candy and you could only find them in well-stocked candy counters. They were hard at first, and would soften eventually in your mouth, from both moisture and heat. Bear with me, there is a connection.

I could barely talk today - throat was pretty bad. Sometimes I was so hoarse I could only croak, other times the frog in my throat would interrupt my breathing and force me to cough. Said cough was wracking, and produced the aforementioned gummy bears. Size and consistency. Such fun. Trying to burn this out of my system through exercise. Might even work.

The upper leg pain continues. Not sure if my lower back is being compressed by muscle development or poor belt/pant interface. Painful all day, standing or sitting - nothing much changed it, so I just lived with it. Took a couple of the pills I used to take for my neck pain (which isn't currently holding a candle to the legs). They make me pretty sleepy after a while, and hopefully will allow me to get a night's sleep.

Today's pet peeve: pronunciation. I have always hated the urban use of the word "axe" to represent the spelling "ask." Now my students have an equally annoying problem they are unable to correct - pronouncing the long "U" sound as 'er'. It makes them sound like idiots, and worse, it makes them harder to understand, since they rarely make an effort to speak properly. I get to hear things like "comperter" and "skerl" instead of computer and school. This laziness means that many different vowel sounds are replaced by the easy to learn, easy to master "er". Where is it? It is over ther. She has a bow in her her. Hey, he got more than me, that's not fur. I am not skered of him.