Then I was able to visit with a lot of the professors and staff who I had both taken classes from and then worked with for three years after I graduated. Ernie Pyle Hall has changed a lot — the library no longer has actual books, but a lot of computer workstations for research. The classrooms I studied and taught in are relatively unchanged, except for “The Pit,” a classroom in the photo lab area of the building that used to be more like a basement — no windows and you had to go down a flight of stairs into it. Now, it’s all on the main level and it’s full of windows. A lovely room, but I was a bit disturbed by the number of professors who told me that all the bodies are buried there. Their story sounded a little too rehearsed.

So, as my gift to you, click the Read More link to see the list of commonly misused words on the blog, or click here to download a PDF that you can use for your own reference!

Commonly Misused Words/Grammar Concepts

Abbreviation/acronym: If you can pronounce the shortened version of a phrase, like “scuba” for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, then it’s an acronym. If you have to say the letters individually, like “PBS” for Public Broadcasting System, it’s an abbreviation. (An acronym is a type of abbreviation, so technically, you can call an acronym an abbreviation, but you cannot call an abbreviation an acronym.)

Adverse/averse: If you don’t want to do something, you are averse to it. If something has a negative effect, then it’s adverse. I am averse to skydiving. The medication had the adverse effect of vertigo.

Affect/effect: Affect is a verb, and it means something is having an impact on something else. Effect is a noun, the result of something (it can also be used as a verb “to cause”). The snow and ice have affected the length of my commute. The salt and chemicals applied by crews have had a great effect on the streets. He will effect much change as CEO.

Allow/enable: This is a little like May I ride my bicycle/Can I ride my bicycle? (“May” means you are asking for permission; “can” means you have the skills to ride your bike.) If you give permission for something, you allow it. If you have the ability to do something, you are enabled. Mom allowed me to go ride my bike. Dad enabled me to ride my bike by fixing the chain.

Among/between: The most common rule people use if when it’s two things, use between and if it’s more than two, use among. However, when you are considering items that are distinct items, no matter how many, use between. I had to choose between journalism, English and political science classes at 8 a.m. When you are considering indistinct items or a collective group, use among. I had to choose a winner among the seventh graders. Also, Excitement spread among the team.

Capital/capitol: The building where a legislature meets is the capitol. Capitals are uppercase letters, wealth (a business’ money or property) and the geographic location of some type of government (e.g., country, state). We are going on a field trip to the west wing of the Capitol. She told me not to use all capital letters when I write e-mails. Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana. I remember this by thinking that a capitol building often has a dome, and both dome and capitol use the letter “o.”

Compliment/complement: When someone says something nice about something, it’s a compliment. When one thing adds to something else, it complements it. I always try to compliment my friends’ new clothes. The throw pillows complement the room décor. I think of complement as a version of “complete” and that I want a compliment.

Comprise/compose: Use comprise if you mean “contains.” Use compose if you mean “makes up.” If you use the word “of” in your sentence, then the word you need is composed, because comprise never takes “of.” The week comprises seven days. Four weeks compose a month or A month is composed of four weeks.

Discreet/discrete: If you are being subtle or unobtrusive you are being discreet (demonstrating discretion). If an item is separate unit or element from all others, it is discrete. The Well House is not very discreet meeting place. A year is made up of 12 discrete months.

Ensure/insure: Use insure only if you are talking about car, house or renters insurance. Use ensure if you are making sure that something will happen. Allstate insures my house and my car. I set my clocks five minutes fast to ensure that I am never late.

Every day/everyday: Everyday (one word) is an adjective. That is my everyday jacket; the other one is for special occasions. Otherwise, use two words: Carrie runs five miles every day.

Family pronouns: Only capitalize words like mom and dad if you could use the person’s name instead. For example, I visited my mom in North Carolina. You would not say I visited my Kate in North Carolina. But, I visited Mom in North Carolina.

Farther/further: Farther refers to distance: Ed threw the ball farther than David. Further is an extension of time or degree – think of it a little like a figurative distance. Ed threw the ball farther than David; further, he is a better catcher. I will investigate the mystery further.

Flaunt/flout: If you are showing off something, you are flaunting it. If you are disobeying a rule or law (generally with your awareness of doing so, to make a statement), you are flouting it. Jane flaunted her new diamond earrings at the party. We flouted the “no food or drink in the computer lab” rule.

Flesh out/flush out: What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “flush”? That’s right – getting rid of waste. So, why would I “flush out” an outline to provide more information? The correct usage is to “flesh out” an outline – that is, putting some meat on its bones. If you are getting rid of something, you can flush it out.

Flier/flyer: Flyer is only used when you are referring to the Radio Flyer brand wagon. If you are referring to someone on an airplane or a handbill, use flier. She accrued many frequent flier miles last year. He posted fliers promoting his band in all the residence halls.

Hopefully: Hopefully is an adverb, meaning it is used to describe a verb: She watched the weather forecast hopefully. It is incorrect to say Hopefully, the sun will shine this week. Instead, say I hope the sun will shine this week.

I.e./e.g.: This takes me back to high school Latin class. I.e. stands for “id est,” which means “that is.” Use it when you are introducing a list of things that is a complete list of items related to the object you are describing. For example, I love the colors of the American flag, i.e., red, white and blue. There are no other colors in the American flag, so this is a complete list. E.g. stands for “exempli gratia,” which means “for example.” Use it when you are providing just a few examples of things that are part of the object, such as You should eat five servings of fruit (e.g., bananas, strawberries and apples) every day. You’re not listing every type of fruit in the world, just some examples. I remember which one to use by thinking “in essence” for “i.e.” and “example given” for e.g. Always, always, use a comma after these abbreviations.

Immigrate/emigrate: When someone leaves a country, they emigrate. When someone arrives in a country, they immigrate. My great-grandparents emigrated from Antigua. My great-grandparents immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s. I remember this by thinking exit=emigrate (the letter “e” starts both words) and into=immigrate (the letter “i” starts both words).

Imply/infer: If you are the speaker/writer and you are subtly suggesting something, you are implying. If you are the listener/reader and come to a conclusion, you are inferring. Steve implied that I should exercise more often. When she said that the company had not been profitable, I inferred that I would not be getting a raise.

In order to/to: Any time you see “in order to,” double-check to see if “in order” is really necessary. Sometimes it is, for clarity, but most times, you can delete “in order.” For example, In order to get to work on time, I leave at 7 a.m. The meaning is clear if you just say To get to work on time…

Irregardless: Is not a word. Use “regardless.”

It’s/its, they’re/their, you’re/your: Contractions (words with apostrophes) indicate that one or more letters have been removed. It’s really means “it is” and the apostrophe is standing in for the second “i.” Its is a possessive pronoun. The dog buried its bone. It’s somewhere in the back yard. The same with they’re and you’re – these are contractions for they are and you are, while their and your are possessive.

Lay/lie: Present tense: If you are putting something down, you lay it down. If you are going to sleep, you lie down. “Lay” requires an object, such as Lay the flowers on the table. “Lie” does not use an object. Past tense: The past tense of “lie” is “lay” and the past tense of “lay” is “laid.” So, The chicken lay an egg, and He laid down under the tree.

Less/fewer: If you can count the things you are referring to, then use fewer. If it is an intangible object that cannot be counted, use less. I lost fewer pounds this week than last week. She is less entertaining than her sister. This means that all those grocery store check-out signs that say “10 items or less” are wrong! (But the exceptions are time, money and distance – those can use “less.” She spent less on lunch than I did.) The same rules apply to amount/number. Amount is for an unspecified quantity, and number is for something that can be counted.

Literally: Literally means it is really happening exactly as you say. I am literally dying. I was literally going crazy. You probably mean figuratively.

Me/I: Pronouns can be subjective (the thing doing the action – I threw the ball) or objective (the thing upon which the action is performed – The ball hit me). It gets confusing when there is more than one person involved in the action. Every day I hear someone say, incorrectly, Send the report to John and I. The way to determine if it’s correct is to “punch the other person out” (Thanks to Martha Barnette of “A Way with Words”). Take the other person out of the sentence and see if it’s correct. So you should say Send the report to John and me, because Send the report to me is correct.

Myself: Pronouns that end in “self” are called reflexive – himself, herself, ourselves, myself. It seems that people think they sound more intelligent if they say If you have questions, see Tom or myself. But a verb only takes a reflexive pronoun if it is something you do to yourself: you dress yourself, talk to yourself, etc. But if someone else is doing the action, the correct usage is If you have questions, see Tom or me. I remember this by thinking about the reflex in your knee – you can make your leg jump by hitting that spot under the patella. You can do that to yourself. (Okay, I don’t know if that’s medically true, but it’s enough of a connection for me to remember the right word to use.)

Nauseous/nauseated: Something that makes people queasy is nauseous (That wall color is nauseous.). If you are in the state of feeling queasy, you are nauseated: I was nauseated the whole first trimester. See now why it’s not a good idea to go around telling people you are nauseous? It’ll be tough to find anyone to eat lunch with you!

Over/more than: As a general guideline, over refers to spatial placement; more than refers to a quantity. Hang the sign over the table. The U.S. won more than 35 medals. However, there are times to break the rule; the AP Stylebook says to try both options out and go with whatever sounds best. She is over 40 sounds better than She is more than 40.

Premier/premiere: The first and best example of something is premier. The opening night for a movie is the premiere. That is the premier tricep exercise. I cannot wait to go to the premiere of Avatar.

Principle/principal: Principle is only ever a noun – It’s the principle of the matter. Principal is most often an adjective, meaning the chief or primary. My principal reason for swimming is to lose weight. A school principal is the “chief” of the school, and by remembering that he or she is my “pal,” I can connect principal with the meaning for chief/primary.

Since/because: Use since when you are referring to time; use because when you are talking about a reason for something. The baby has been napping since 11:30. I put the baby down for a nap because she was cranky. It is not correct to say Since the baby was cranky, I put her down for a nap.

Stationery/stationary: Something that is not moving is stationary. She rode the stationary bike for 20 minutes. You write your thank you notes on stationery. Mom gave me some beautiful engraved stationery for my birthday. I remember this by matching the e in stationery to the e in envelope.

That/which: If you can remove the clause that begins with one of these words, without changing the meaning of the sentence then you should use which. “That” is used to qualify the item being described such as, The games that I like all involve words. If you were to delete “that I like,” the meaning of the sentence would change. The chicken pot pie recipe, which came from my mom, needs peas and carrots. If you deleted “which came from my mom,” you still have the original intent of the sentence – that you better have peas and carrots on your shopping list. Notice that the which clause is also set off by commas.

To/too/two: Too means “as well” or “in addition.” I like hockey too! It also is used if you are talking to about an excess – There are too many pandas at the zoo or I ate too much. Do I really need to explain the other two?

Try to/try and: It is incorrect to say I will try and clean the house. That is, in essence, saying that you are doing two things – trying and cleaning. Instead, you really mean I will try to clean the house.

Unique: Unique is unique, no modifier necessary or accepted. You cannot say “the most unique” or “very unique.”

Who/whom: The simplest mnemonic is to use who where you would use he and to use whom when you would use him (notice that whom/him both end in “m.”) This is because you use who when it is the subject and whom when it is the object. For example, Who kicked the ball? He kicked the ball. and I should give the report to whom? Give the report to him.

“Ward” words: It’s always afterward and toward, never afterwards or towards. Same is true of anyway – don’t put an “s” on the end.

Resources

Some of the great grammar and writing resources that I use regularly (and that helped explain many of the choices here) include:

• The AP Style Book – I’ve owned copies of various editions since my days at the IU School of Journalism, and you can also get an online subscription for faster searching.
• The Elements of Style, Strunk and White
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss
• Copyblogger – A list of 27 commonly misused words and many other writing tips.
• Grammar Girl – great weekly podcasts of short grammar tips, and a searchable database of grammar rights and wrongs. She also uses great examples and mnemonics.
• A Way with Words – less a grammar source and more an all-things-related-to-language source. Each week, Martha and Grant take calls about words, phrases and usage.
• National Grammar Day – They have a great list of Top 10 Grammar Tips.

In the meantime, we’ve be doing a lot of cheering at our office and you can watch our video here:

Friday we’re having a blue food pitch-in — so far a lot of people have signed up for cookies and cupcakes with blue icing. One person is bringing salad with blue cheese. I suspect we will all still be on a sugar high for Sunday’s game!

Go Colts!

A friend of mine spent much of his childhood in Haiti, when his parents sold their Indiana farm and moved to Haiti to found a children’s hospital. John reports that Grace Children’s Hospital i”s still standing and administering vitally needed care. They need funds to replenish supplies that are dangerously low.”

As a former Red Cross volunteer, I certainly support the American Red Cross and have made a donation. But if you are looking for a reputable organization in Haiti where you can make a donation, please consider Grace Children’s Hospital. Click this link if you’d like to donate, mark your donation for Grace Children’s Hospital, and have them send acknowledgement to bethmillett at sbcglobal.net so I can thank you. I’ll also let my friend John know.

I know I for one am counting my blessings.

It was hard to edit down — I went from 20+ pages of the whole year down to four pages of the best. But that still smacked of excessive self-absorption, so I managed to get it down to two pages.  Here it is, in Web form. (Or, click here to download a PDF version.)

December 5 at 2:38 am: Beth Millett is an aunt again! Sheridan Elizabeth was born 10:30 p.m., December 4. She’s 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 19 inches long. [I can’t wait to meet her in a few weeks when I spend Christmas and New Year’s in Park City, Utah.]

November 10 at 6:05 am: Beth Millett no longer has a warning light on her car; now it’s on her bank account.

November 7 at 7:43 am: Stretching with Boomer before the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon… [Neither he nor I actually ran the race.]

November 1 at 7:09 am: Beth Millett is observing candy-swapping negotiations that rival a meeting with heads of state. [I spent Halloween with the Lahertys.]

October 30 at 7:14 pm: Beth Millett’s weather-impervious pants have been perviated. [Run Like Hell would have been more aptly called Rain Like Hell.]

October 8 at 9:00 am: Beth Millett is clearly too old for such energetic concert behavior [after seeing Great Big Sea in Louisville]. My hands are bruised from clapping for two hours straight, my arms are like spaghetti from being held over my head clapping. But it was worth it when Kris and Murray said, “Yeah, we could see you in the audience.” Who, me, noticeable?

The lads: Alan Doyle, lead vocals and guitar; Murray Foster, bass; and Kris MacFarlane, drums.

September 9 at 3:12 pm: Beth Millett just found out that her tickets for Great Big Sea in Louisville on October 7 are second row, dead center. She’s never had seats that good for ANYTHING in her life. That’s close enough she should be able to throw her underwear up on stage. With her still in them.

September 8 at 7:12 pm: Beth Millett is happy her dad drank the last bottle of her ex-boyfriend’s beer.

September 7 at 11:10 am: Beth Millett is failing at resisting the urge to dance to the music in Crate and Barrel.

September 4 at 8:54 pm: Beth Millett just saw Mom and Dad’s name on the [Victory Field] scoreboard, wishing them a happy 43rd anniversary!

September 2 at 8:02 am: Beth Millett just amused the kids at the bus stop by dragging a bathtub to the curb for the garbageman.

August 30 at 2:30 pm: Beth Millett is about to use the new shower for the first time and hoping that there’s no water in the garage when she’s done.

August 27 at 5:54 pm: Is it just me, or are wax rings about the nastiest things on the planet?

August 25 at 10:20 pm: o hai. teh flur iz dun. so iz me. kthxbai. [After taking 19 months to complete the master bathroom renovation, I attempt to complete the guest bathroom in 19 days. It took 24 days.]

August 25 at 8:04 am: Beth Millett suspects there is a banana somewhere in her car. [Yup; it had fallen into a compartment in the door. Wish I had found it a few days sooner.]

August 22 at 3:23 pm: Beth Millett was disappointed she did not personally witness the indecent exposure penalty at this morning’s Sprint Triathlon.

August 21 at 5:07 pm: Beth Millett’s niece Katelin turns two years old today! Happy birthday, Peanut!

August 20 at 8:35 pm: Beth Millett managed to get only slightly more paint on the walls than she did on herself.

August 19 at 6:35 pm: Beth Millett went almost 48 hours without a trip to Home Depot/Lowe’s.

August 15 at 4:25 pm: Beth Millett is explaining to a first-time triathlete that, no, the swim comes first, then bike, THEN the run. Tomorrow [Tri Indy] should be oodles of fun!

August 11 at 7:40 pm: Beth Millett thought she was really rocking Jeopardy tonight. Then she realized it was the college kid version.

August 6 at 8:06 am: Beth Millett is celebrating eight years at Borshoff, the best full-service communciations agency ever!

August 4 at 6:42 am: Beth Millett just drained three beers at the office. (Okay, it was into a crockpot of bratwurst for today’s pitch-in.)

August 3 at 6:07 am: Beth Millett is excited to have launched the new Storytelling Arts of Indiana Web site, www.storytellingarts.org. [I am still volunteering for this great organization. Thanks to all of you who have also supported it this year. I appreciate your contributions!]

July 31 at 5:10 pm: Beth Millett thinks there is nothing more fabulous than getting home and putting on her Crocs flip-flops. Bright pink lifts the spirits, super squishy material cushions the sole.

July 29 at 5:22 pm: Beth Millett is going home to scrub her floor Cinderella-style. Well, without all the help from woodland creatures.

July 28 at 7:43 am: Beth Millett took three years to do it, but finally replaced the little light bulb in her dryer.

July 24 at 1:24 pm: Beth Millett just found out today is National Tequila Day. This changes everything!

July 20 at 7:03 am: Beth Millett is being crowned this afternoon. Okay, so it’s on her back left molar, but still, you should curtsy or bow when in her presence.

June 3 at 1:21 pm: Beth Millett is meeting with fulfillment vendors today. Why does the sight of all those conveyor belts, packing slips and skids of product get her excited?

May 27 at 11:19 am: Beth Millett realizes it’s time to leave the beach when the hook on your bikini top breaks… [I spent a week at my parents’ house in Wilmington, NC, with my sister and her family.]

May 17 at 1:55 pm: Beth Millett observes from [her volunteer post for] Kids’ Day: the problem isn’t the kids, it’s the parents.

May 15 at 5:38 pm: Beth Millett cracks up when truckers honk at her when she’s driving with the top down.

May 1 at 7:16 am: Beth Millett is wearing her all-terrain Crocs — nothing like shoes you can put in the dishwasher!

April 30 at 1:03 pm: Beth Millett was busted for snoring in yoga class.

April 17 at 6:56 pm: Beth Millett is making a mental note: put top up on convertible before using table saw in driveway.

April 5 at 11:52 am: I cannot believe I have never in my life roasted peeps, but they were spectacular — a little like campfire crème brûlée!

April 4 at 4:43 pm: Beth Millett is trying to explain low center of gravity to a five-year-old in a hammock.

April 3 at 9:32 pm: Beth Millett discovered that, with a clipboard, a Bluetooth headset and an air of authority, you can get just about anywhere in the world.

March 31 at 5:53 pm: Beth Millett hereby declares Home Depot as her religion. She has worshipped here more in the last week than in any church in the last decade or more.

March 29 at 11:53 am: Having rectified yesterday’s plumbing disaster, Beth moves on to other new and exciting potential disasters.

March 23 at 6:16 pm: Beth Millett is driving home Clampett-style; new bi-fold door is sticking out of the topless convertible.

March 20 at 7:24 pm: Beth Millett is pondering the possibility of purple PVC plumbing primer for a pedicure, since it’s already all over her hands.

March 16 at 6:40 pm: Beth Millett loves that the drywall she just bought is labeled, in Spanish, that it was made in the U.S.

March 8 at 12:36 pm: Beth Millett is sanding the bejeebers out of her bathroom walls.

March 5 at 6:11 pm: Finally — some studs in my bathroom!

February 28 at 10:12 am: Beth Millett is starting demolition on the old master bath shower. Mmm, sledgehammer. Mmm, reciprocating saw. What more could a girl want on a Saturday morning?

February 24 at 12:42 pm: Beth Millett is trimming back the spider plant in her office, which a coworker says looks like Tina Turner in the “What’s Love Got to Do With It” video.

February 17 at 8:36 am: Beth Millett is attending sexual harassment training this morning. As if she isn’t good enough at it already.

February 10 at 6:07 pm: Beth Millett has told you a hundred billion times, stop exaggerating.

February 8 at 9:09 pm: Beth Millett has a fully functional master bathroom shower/tub! Amazing!

February 2 at 6:28 pm: Beth Millett’s favorite moment from [Katie Laherty] last weekend: “Aunt Beth, I just don’t know how you do it, but you always make people smile wherever you go.”

February 1 at 8:31 am: Beth Millett is cracking up: five-year-old George yelled “Fire in the hole!” when we turned the jets on in the hot tub.

January 21 at 9:17 pm: Beth Millett is not sure she is happy or sad that people from high school remember her as “the girl who put her whole fist in her mouth.”

January 14 at 5:37 pm: Beth Millett is shoveling her driveway and then contemplating a move to Tahiti.

January 14 at 8:57 am: Beth Millett loves running over the clods of dirty snow that fall off cars. Such a satisfying thunk.

January 10 at 8:17 am: Beth Millett is stripping again…. more wallpaper.

When I bought the new king-sized mattress in May, I didn’t realize it would be about 8 inches taller than the old bed had been. Consequently, the nightstands were suddenly way too low. My immediate solution was to put them up on chunks of 2 by 4s. As much as I love that look, it didn’t really make the right statement (not that I have a parade of visitors through the bedroom who might think less of me for my woodworking choices.) Dad build me some lovely leg extenders that we put on each nightstand. He made the extenders with a hole in the top, and we drilled a matching hole in the bottom of each leg and glued a dowel into the holes to join the extender to the nightstand. And by we, I mean Dad, since he can’t sit still for even three seconds while I am out timing the Drumstick Dash. I feel guilty that he comes over and does all the work, but then I realize that even if I were home, he’d do all the work. *grin*

So, now my bedroom furniture is not up on blocks, but it does look like it’s on stilts.

So, I made Pioneer Woman’s braised short ribs and they were divine. Here’s what I saw when I lifted the lid of the dutch oven after 2 and a half hours.

Pioneer Woman is right — it is heaven on a plate

“Don’t Get Too Attached to Balloons” told by Bil Lepp
Saturday, December 5, 2009
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Frank and Katrina Basile Theater
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Advance Tickets $20, Door $25
Call 317-232-1882 or purchase tickets on-line

Storyteller and bona fide liar from Half Dollar, West Virginia, Bil Lepp could coax a smile from a raccoon. Although he is a champion liar, his hilarious, insightful stories often contain morsels of truth which shed light on subjects such as politics, religion, death, relationship and human nature.

Lou Harry of the Indianapolis Business Journal, writes, “Bil Lepp — think Jeff Foxworthy with the comedic patience of Bill Cosby…It would be very difficult …to discern the structual difference between Lepp’s antic hunting story and Woody Allen’s classic, ‘I shot a moose once’ tale.”

Bil has performed at the prestigious National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, as well as the majority of regional festivals throughout the United States.

More information on the December 4 family performance

More information on the December 5 evening performance

I have a freakish habit. My blankets have to have satin binding on all four edges so that I can run the binding through my fingers. It’s my self-soothing technique when I’m falling asleep or if I wake up in the middle of the night. I also stretch my legs out to the side and pull the blanket side in under the top sheet so I can get the satin binding all wriggled around through my toes.

So, when I opened up the box and found a king size blanket all neatly folded up, with more than 400 linear inches of satin binding, my brain nearly exploded. It was divine to snuggle up with it last night!

Anyone else have this strange habit? Or some other bedtime ritual?

A few months later, we encountered the recipe in a newspaper article and I have hung on to it ever since. Truly yummy!

Makes 4 to 6 servings

1 pound carrots
4 ounces butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
salt (to taste)

1. Peel carrots. Cook in salted water until well done, drain well.
2. Melt butter.  Blend eggs, melted butter, sugar, flour, baking powder and vanilla; add carrots.
   

   Everything but the carrots.

    

   

   After blending, add the cooked carrots.

3. Blend until mixture resembles a milkshake.
4. Cook in an 8-inch greased glass dish at 275 degrees for 45 minutes or until just firm.

    

   

   I don't have a picture of the baked souffle, because my fork dove right into it as soon as it came out of the oven!

I imagine you could add nutmeg or cinnamon, but I’ve never been a big fan of those spices on my carrots. This is just sweet enough for me!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go have seconds. And thirds.