Your Daily Drabble :)

( Word of the Day--ostentation )

My last daily drabble, for the word "tenebrous," did not include the word "tenebrous," as fanged_geranium was observant enough to notice. Because I do not like to be bound by rules, I allow my daily drabbles to either include the word of the day or to be based around the theme of the word, as was the drabble for "tenebrous" and as is today's drabble. (Although today's drabble at least uses the word in the title!)

( Ostentation )

The Baltimore Ravens.... ::weeps::

Yesterday, my father-in-law came over to watch some of the football games for the first NFL Sunday. He was sitting on one couch, and my husband was sitting on the other. They were discussing the night game, where our Baltimore Ravens would face off against the Indianapolis Colts. Defensive genius against offensive genius...it promised to be a good game. It promised to be a hard game for us, and no one was picking us to win.

My husband asked my f-i-l if he thought we had a chance. "Boller," said my father-in-law. They both got that look that we all know in Baltimore: nearly an eye-roll; it means we are discussing our quarterback. "Our defense looks great, though," said Bobby.

"Okay, guys," I said. "You all really need to make a recording of this conversation. You have the same conversation every year, and it's becoming a senseless waste of energy."

( Quarterback curses, missed field goals, and how stupid penalties can change the game...welcome to Baltimore, hon! )

I Only Wish I Was Kidding!

I just opened an envelope from UPS and my boss had a catalog in there called the "ATD American Co. Correctional Facilities and Law Enforcement Catalog." And on the back was this advert....

( Trying REALLY hard not to laugh! )