What Jane Said

A small, good thing

2008-10-07T08:37:00.000-04:00

"Good thing you have a toenail."

Watch out, participles

2008-06-02T16:01:00.001-04:00

"I'm so tired of gerunds"

Best reason ever for declining an editing suggestion

2008-05-20T10:22:00.001-04:00

"I'm so tired of gerunds."

Fear as the restaurant nears

2008-04-05T22:35:00.000-04:00

"My God, I hope there's not live music"

"You wanna know what crap is?"

2008-03-31T22:23:00.001-04:00

"Crap is the stuff you own that you know nobody else would want either."

Remembering Boston Market

2008-02-02T18:54:00.001-05:00

"It was easy. It was hot. It was meat."

I'm in wow with her, too

2008-01-30T11:45:00.001-05:00

"I'm so in wow with myself!"

Uh....

2008-01-12T21:53:00.000-05:00

"I don't know why. I just know that."

We're not?

2008-01-12T20:59:00.000-05:00

"Stop it. We are not a movie."

Practical

2008-01-12T09:02:00.001-05:00

"That would be a waste of a good muffin."

In case you're tempted

2008-01-07T19:56:00.001-05:00

"Please don't put a pencil near your eye."

Grace is armed and dangerous

2008-01-05T13:52:00.000-05:00

"Please don't shoot me with your glue gun."

Our nocturnal comrade

2007-12-07T18:59:00.001-05:00

[at 6.56 pm] "Why don't you call him now? He probably just woke up from his nap."

Location, location, location

2007-12-06T11:11:00.001-05:00

"You need to start buying clothes in stores."

Financial acumen

2007-11-30T09:11:00.001-05:00

"If you see $5 on the ground, pick it up."

Alternate method

2007-11-25T13:48:00.000-05:00

"I do not think in alphabetical order."

Loosening the frames won't help her this time

2007-11-17T22:05:00.001-05:00

"I have a boot of pain on my foot."

Loosen those frames. Now.

2007-11-17T21:48:00.000-05:00

"When my glasses are too tight, it feels like a cap of pain."

But what does she think about the table of contents?

2007-11-05T09:01:00.001-05:00

"I'm reading the book. I don't like the book, but I love the appendix."

Discovery

2007-10-28T21:45:00.001-04:00

Jane: I know where your hiccups are from.
Lydia: Where?
Jane: Too much talking about Halloween.

Metaphor of the day

2007-10-26T19:45:00.001-04:00

"Maybe she's like tofu."

The exterminator laments

2007-10-07T20:25:00.000-04:00

"No rat is going to die tonight."

Beyond a reasonable doubt

2007-09-27T15:05:00.000-04:00

"If I'm wrong, I like to be proven wrong."

Specificity

2007-09-17T20:06:00.001-04:00

"Not my hackles. My haunches."

Not "want to." "Have to."

2007-09-15T17:34:00.000-04:00

"I have to write on a piece of yellow paper."