There Is No "Try And"

Okay now I'm going to attempt to fix the grammar of the world. At least, the English speaking part. Mainly America. I'm not so prideful as to think I could fix the grammar of other languages. And the Brits and the Aussies are on their own.

Cease the "try and" people. Desist. It is grammatically incorrect and annoying.

Let me explain. I often hear and/or read a sentence similar to the following: "I'll try and go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Or, "He should try and do it like I told him to in the first place."

Ugh. I feel gross just writing that. I actually had some difficulty forming those sentences. Do you see the error here?

Try to go.

Try to do.

There is no either here. No conjunction. (Conjunction junction! What's your function?)

I'll prove my point with a little bit of logic and a whole lot of thesaurus-ing.

"I'll try and go tonight but I'm not sure I can."

"I'll try in addition to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Nope.

"I'll try plus go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Wrong.

"I'll try as well as go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Definitely not.

Now if I change out the word "try"...

"I'll endeavor and go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Uh huh.

"I'll strive and go tonight but I'm not sure I can."  No.

"I'll attempt and go tonight but I'm not sure I can." I don't think so, Tim.

See what I'm getting at? Let's see what a little "to" will do...

"I'll endeavor to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Yes!

 "I'll strive to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Woohoo!

"I'll attempt to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Right again, kemosabe!

Therefore:

"I'll try to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." 

See how much better this is? See my point? Just admit it, I'm right.

A Hard Battle

The more people I meet, the more I think that they're all weird.

And they all have problems.

Clear as Dishwater

We all go through phases. I know I am not alone in this. If I am, please tell me so I can go seek professional help. But I don't think I'm crazy, so I'll continue with my thoughts here.

Acronyms & Abbreviations

I have a lot of quirks.

I accept this.

Stupid ≠ Unsaved

Christians are weird.

Having been one for 5/7 of my life, I'm allowed to say that.

We're do dumb things, too.

We do a lot of stupid things.

QT

For the past few weeks, I have been realizing that I really enjoy spending time with other people.

This may seem like a strange thing to realize, but I consider myself to be fairly independent. And therefore, a part of me assumes that I shouldn't care whether or not I hang out with people.

But I do.

Things

Well I've clearly gotten WAY out of practice here. For those of you keeping score at home, it's been 2.5 months since my last post. As I've said in the past, I am consistently inconsistent. So good for me.

Let Me Just Say This...

Okay first of all, I've not been consistent in this whole blogging thing. Let's just all accept it and get over it. And yes I'm mainly talking to myself there.

Anyways, there is something that came to mind this evening of which I just really need to express my thoughts.

Consider This...

I am really frustrated right now. I am going to try to vent that frustration here without going in to any kind of specifics. I'm not sure if I will be successful at this, but what the heck. It's all I can think about right now, anyway. I promise not to cuss. At least not anymore.

Truckers

One thing I love about road trips are the truckers.  I’m currently on a very long trip, driving from Dallas to Phoenix to Hesperia to Sacramento to Port Angeles.  The reason is not one I want to discuss just yet, but let me tell you, being in a car for a solid 2.5 days is not really that much fun.  I am thankful that I’m with my family, but that’s not the point of this.

Traffic Buddies

Every day that I drive to work, I have to face rush hour traffic.  Driving in general tends to relax me, so I don’t necessarily find this to be a big deal, unless I’m running late.  I do tend to err on the side of aggressive driving though.  You see, I have always viewed driving to just about anywhere as somewhat of a race.  And of course, I want to win.  I want to pass as many people as possible and drive fast.  My driving philosophies will be left for another day though.

Dear Chevy Cheyenne,

Dear Chevy Cheyenne,

How I miss you.  You belonged to me for such a short period of my life, but you meant so much.  Remember how I would lay down across your wonderful bench seat and nap anywhere and everywhere?  And the springs in the driver’s part were broken by me? Do you remember me as a wee little tike, age 2, time to get out, walking across to the edge, simply kicking my feet out and landing on my bum? So when I drove you at age 21, I had to sit on a pillow just so I would be able to see?  Good times. 

This is Me

Maybe it's dangerous to start off exposing everything. Oh well. Gotta start somewhere, right?


This is me.