I know, I know: I promised to start blogging madly again. But I’m busy: my in-laws arrive tomorrow, which means there’s a ton of cleaning to do. Then I’m going to lock myself away in my office for most of their three-day visit and hope the house still looks nice after they’ve gone. (Hey, it might be passive-aggressive, but it’s cheaper than taking off to Branson for the weekend.)
So while I scrub floors and battle dust bunnies, I thought I’d invite you to play Word Fugue. If you’ve never played this word-association game, now is the perfect time to break that bad habit. After all, the rules are quite simple:
1. I start it off with a word.
2. You look at the most recently posted comment.
3. You leave the word — and only 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 this post falls off the front page (about 4 days from now) or until some comment spammer makes me decide it’s no longer fun.
So play early and often!
Here’s the word:
Guests




Thursday, September 13th, 2007, 3:32 pm | 

September 13, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Fish
September 13, 2007 at 4:50 pm
stink
September 13, 2007 at 4:55 pm
dogs
September 13, 2007 at 5:02 pm
slobber
September 13, 2007 at 5:15 pm
drool
September 13, 2007 at 6:03 pm
baby
September 13, 2007 at 6:36 pm
deck
September 13, 2007 at 7:13 pm
cards
September 13, 2007 at 6:28 pm
poop
September 13, 2007 at 7:59 pm
dealt
September 13, 2007 at 9:34 pm
hand
September 13, 2007 at 9:48 pm
cool
September 14, 2007 at 12:54 am
water
September 14, 2007 at 7:07 am
fall
September 14, 2007 at 7:18 am
angel
September 14, 2007 at 8:35 am
food
September 14, 2007 at 9:05 am
cake
September 14, 2007 at 10:17 am
Cover
September 14, 2007 at 10:37 am
band
September 14, 2007 at 11:04 am
rubber
September 14, 2007 at 12:06 pm
duckie
September 14, 2007 at 12:15 pm
bath
September 14, 2007 at 12:18 pm
soak
September 14, 2007 at 1:51 pm
head
September 14, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Cheese
September 14, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Provolone
September 14, 2007 at 2:22 pm
prosciutto
September 14, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Benny
September 14, 2007 at 7:39 pm
rabbits
September 14, 2007 at 7:40 pm
hill
September 14, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Bill
September 15, 2007 at 1:39 am
expense
September 15, 2007 at 6:54 am
amortize
September 15, 2007 at 7:15 am
depreciation
September 15, 2007 at 10:11 am
taxes
September 15, 2007 at 10:15 am
Dallas
September 15, 2007 at 10:17 am
Landry
September 15, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Doritos
September 16, 2007 at 12:50 pm
treats
September 17, 2007 at 5:14 am
tricks
September 17, 2007 at 7:28 am
Dogs
September 17, 2007 at 8:47 am
harasses