Delilah was her lady-name

today herman goes to the dentist to get his wisdom tooth removed. that means he will be on his unique and self prescribed liquid diet tonight, consisting of campbell's soup and light beer. the man is a genius in such things and his expertise cannot be questioned. success rules! he will lose three pounds by tomorrow.

herman and maria have teamed up twice recently when playing scrabble. she's the only one that will have him as a partner. though an unlikely pair, they have, i must admit, proved to be a formidable duo. this is very strange since herman is known globally for his inability to spell or pronounce anything with the exception of the most ordinary words. he also has a natural ability to invent words, especially adjectives, a descriptive and entertaining talent, but not applicable in the precise world of scrabble. maria has to keep him in line.

lately he has been coming up with the spelling of unusual and difficult words. it's as if something has clicked in his brain. you can tell by the look on his face that he's as shocked as we are each time it happens. i asked him how to spell fillet mignon yesterday and he flipped it right off his tongue with no effort what so ever. you may think these are not difficult words but for us, anything that isn't spelled phonetically has always been out of our reach until this recent phenomenon. when my sister and her husband told him that they had seen an often misspelled word on television , the correct spelling tripped right out of his mouth. it's as if he's channeling some national middle school spelling bee champion.

he will be off to the dentist to get that wisdom tooth removed soon. he's concerned that his new found wisdom will be extracted along with the tooth. i told him he's a goof but then he said, "what about sampson?" hummmmmmm!