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10 Things: Mac
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:16PM A stuffy head and creaky fingers are making my words flow like molasses today. What I need is a little writing EXERCISE. Join me? Let’s do 10 Things. I say a thing and you share the first 10 Things you think of when you think of that thing. It’s easy. Find my things after a polite pixel partition. Anyone can play!
10 Things: MAC.
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My MAC things? Certainly.
1. Hi. I’m a Mac and I’m a PC. Actually I’m a Mac. Or rather, THIS is a Mac.
2. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Big Mac. Why do they call it that?
3. Mac. A nickname for my step-father. A frequent nickname for people with a “Mc” or “Mac” surname or more generally for anyone of Irish or Scottish descent.
4. A generic epithet, like ‘buddy.’ Hey mac, can you spare a dime?
5. Mac, a Scottish Terrier from a Disney movie. Which one though? Lady and the Tramp? Can anyone confirm or deny this correlation?
6. Mac… Mack… macintosh rain coat. Splish splash.
7. Mac. Macadam. McAdam, the person credited with the use of macadame, a type of paving that I associate with black top parking lots. I learned this word from Janet Evanovich. True story.
8. macmacmaccamcamcam A backwards camera? Yes, reaching now. Can. I. Pull. Out. Ten???
9. Mac. Macademia nuts! From Hawaii. My grandma Flora brought these to me sometimes when she came to visit. I thought she had such weird snacks. I realize now that she was excited to share exotic foods with me.
10. macmacmacmac HEYYY Macarena! Sonar X6 can dance the Macarena (though he knows it as the calendar song from school. Try it. Sing the months of the year—in English or Spanish—to the Macrena tune. I’ll wait.). But he doens’t know how to Hustle. A parenting lapse. I’ll fix that this weekend.
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Reader Comments (2)
1. The MacBook Air I wish I had...plus the Mini Server and the...well, lots of Mac stuff I wish I had.
2. & Cheese. Annie's, Kraft, and the one that Mike told me I should try but I can't remember what it was called.
3. It was the Wisconsin Mac & Cheese from Noodles & Co.
4. Mock, which is a variant of the turtleneck, which was a staple in the wardrobe of the former CEO of Apple, who makes the Mac.
5. I could really keep going with this Apple thing, and get all into iPods and iPads and the price of Apple's stock, but I'm boring myself, even, so let's see what else I can come up with.
6. That perfect bit of crust on homemade Mac & Cheese, with just a little crispy crunch to it, but a great gooey, cheesy underside.
7. That perfect bit of crust on homemade brownies, with just a little crispy crunch to the edge, but a great gooey, chocolatey inside.
8. Why do all of my favorite foods and drinks have to be so caloric?
9. Perfect weather for staying inside with your Mac and eating some mac & cheese--cold, incessant rain.
10. Today's weather: cold, incessant rain. (Somehow, rather than being at home, I'm at work; rather than being with my Mac, I'm on a PC; and rather than eating mac & cheese, I've eaten nothing all day.
How could I forget Mac and Cheese!!