Thursday, July 23, 2009

lots of locusts. anyone else?

When I walked out of my home a rather large grasshopper jumped over my shoulder—I heard a micro-metallic bang—and the grasshopper came plummeting back over my shoulder and slid across the sidewalk. It was grasshopper antics at their finest.
Since when did they become so lively?
2009: The year of Clint & Cassie. I get the feeling it's their way of celebrating.

can you confirm or deny the time?

• Did you ever find out anything about the meridiem fiasco?
• My best resources intimate that post meridiem is technically correct—but nothing just wants to tell us straight-up. The Chicago Manual of Style mentions post meridiem, but says nothing about post meridian at all, for example.
• So post meridiem is most correct and there is no post meridian?
• I am satisfied that meridian only exists on its own (as a noun) and meridiem only exists with a prefix, ante or post, (as an adjective).