With my trip to my mother’s in Texas coming up at the crack-o’-freaking-dawn on Thursday, I’ve spent today desperately trying to meet writing deadlines in advance while scheduling some things here and at my other blogs to keep y’all entertained in my absence. As a result… I’m brain dead. So tonight seems like a good time to play Word Fugue.

If you’ve never played before, here are the rules:

1. I start it off with a word.

2. You look at the most recently posted comment.

3. You leave ONE word that comes to mind upon reading the most recent comment.

4. You may play as many times as you like, but you may not use the same word twice.

5. The game continues until comments are closed.

Ready?

Here’s the word:

Due

Your turn!

I don’t expect to do much blogging this evening since VH and I will be busy celebrating our anniversary by making our own fireworks. (And, no, I won’t be posting the video, either.)

Tomorrow, of course, we’ll be celebrating the nation’s anniversary with fireworks of another kind over at our friend Tony’s house. Judging by the past few parties he’s thrown I don’t expect to be doing much blogging: it’s hard to type when your laptop seems to be weaving in front of your eyes and I hate the way the spell-checker starts underlining just about every word.

So we might as well play Word Fugue, that addictive little game that keeps you entertained without requiring me to be sober. If you’ve never played before, here are the rules:

1. I start it off with a word.

2. You look at the most recently posted comment.

3. You leave ONE word that comes to mind upon reading the most recent comment.

4. You may play as many times as you like, but you may not use the same word twice.

5. The game continues until comments are closed.

Ready?

Here’s the word:

Bang

Your turn!

It’s been a beautiful Spring day, even if I have spent the majority of it outside picking up fallen branches knocked down by last Thursday night’s storms. After four hours of that, well, I’m too pooped to blog.

So why not play Word Fugue®, that addictive word association game I love to start whenever I’ve got nothing better to write. (Besides, it’s been almost two months since our last round and some of you have been nagging me via email to hurry up and start another game.)

If you’ve never played Word Fugue® before, here are the rules:

1. I start it off with a word.

2. You look at the most recently posted comment.

3. You leave ONE word that comes to mind upon reading the most recent comment.

4. You may play as many times as you like, but you may not use the same word twice.

5. The game continues until comments are closed.

Ready?

Here’s the word:

Tornado