Goodbye Riddance September

Around The Water Cooler:
Coworker 1: ...and then you add pine nuts.
Coworker 2: You add what?
Coworker 1: Pine nuts.
Coworker 2: Like, from a pine cone?
Coworker 1: No. That's just what they're called.
Coworker 2: That doesn't make any sense. Why would they call them PINE nuts if they don't come from PINE cones?
Coworker 1: Do walnuts come from a wall? Do chestnuts come from a chest?
Coworker 2: Well, peanuts come from peas!
Coworker 1: No they don't.
Coworker 2: Oh.

September Hit Statistics:
1. The leading countries for visits on my blog were the US and Canada.
2. The primary day for hits was Friday.
3. The most popular hour being 2pm.
4. The top referrers were Jay and EE.
5. The most used search term was, "bowflex grandma ugly face."
6. My favorite search term was, "tied deformed toes."
7. The highest hit post (273) was on September 22nd, the day I changed my blog design.

30 Quirks for 30 Days:
1. I often dream of snakes... worn as a poisonous collar, infesting the world, hiding in drawers in my room.
2. Most cultures believe snakes symbolize transformation.
3. Which leads me to believe I am always transforming.
4. But into what?
5. I have been known to call my kneecaps "Kneeballs" for no apparent reason.
6. Hoop has since adopted the term "Toeballs."
7. I call my camera "Cannonballs," or "Balls" for short.
8. We have a strange fascination with balls in general.
9. Admit it. They're funny looking... Like turkey necks.
10. Growing up, my favorite food was Shrimp Scampi at Red Lobster.
11. I liked it so much I'd drink the garlic butter when I was done.
12. When I was 9 I would fantasize about what my dolls were doing while I was at school.
13. Evidently there was a lot of naked kissing, because they ended up with SIX Troll babies. Then Jem dumped Luke for GI Joe and had a Pound Puppy.
14. I was a disturbed little kid.
15. Some of things I hate doing the most...
16. ...are the things that I am best at.
17. October is my favorite month.
18. September is my least favorite.
19. I once went to a palm reader at a carnival.
20. She told me there were too many lines in my palm. (WTF?)
21. Then she only charged me half.
22. I used to have 20-something journals in a trunk in my bedroom.
23. 10 of them were filled, and 3 by someone else.
24. I've only kept the ones I wouldn't be embarrassed about if I died and that's what people had to remember me by.
25. In 7th grade I thought "Dyke" was slang for "Girlfriend." As in a friend who is a girl.
26. THAT got ugly.
27. I'm still a closet nerd. Shhh. Don't tell anyone, internet world. OK?
28. Sometimes I get paralyzed by the fear that THIS is as good as it gets...
29. ...and I won't know it until it's over.
30. This might be the first time I haven't gone over on my list!
31. Yeah, whatever.
32. It's like getting birthday spankings. Just when you think it's over with, you get that damn "pinch to grown an inch" crap.