More Examples of My Nerdiness

A week or two ago, I thought it might be nice to have a set (of at least four) of mugs for visitors. So you may ask what kind of mugs did I get. Jane Austen mugs of course. Each mug has a quote for a Jane Austen novels (one from all six novels and a second quote from Persuasion). I thought about putting a picture up of all the mugs so everyone could guess what mug goes with what novel, but two of the mugs have the source novel listed.

During one of my visits back to the farm when I was living in Iowa City, my aunt, my mom, Lucy, Rachel and I went shopping for a wedding dress for Lucy. My aunt asked me what I liked about Iowa and the first thing I said was I liked that Iowa had a deposit on plastic, glass and aluminum so there was a lot more recycling than in Indiana. There is no deposit in Ohio by there is a conveniently located drop-off for recycling. They accept almost everything that can be recycled except they only accept no. 1 and 2 plastics. So now when I see that something is a no. 5 or 7 I get upset because I can't take it to be recycled!

PEGGY: Bobby, I'll have you know I consider myself one of the great environmentalists of our time.

MR. McKAY: Propane just perpetuates the whole culture of backyard barbecues. Paper plates. Plastic forks. Meat!
HANK: I've sold three grills today using those exact words, but with a more positive attitude.