It’s funny to hear that Seth was actually embarrassed by Amber saying “rad”, because many of the people I knew in California said the word pretty regularly, and we never thought twice about it.

Seth – Join us… join us… use the Rad Force…

Remember that “rad” is derived from “radical”, and “radical” is a very bold and compelling word. Jesus was considered a “radical”.

Also, Kat, you could sometimes say “rocks”, as demonstrated by me above. When something “rocks”, it is pretty “cool”, right?

You’ve already admitted outright that you’re a weird girl. You play soccer, enjoy techno-geekery, and all that, so add a few totally unexpected words to your vocabulary, and you’re the complete “splash of cold water in the face” to the world around you.

Amber – I’ll do it. I’ll try rad out for a few days and see how it goes. I’m certain it’s great word….I’m just not sure I’m “rad” enough to pull off it’s reincarntion in the new millenium. Pehaps when you and Seth come to Waco and I hear it used in action, I’ll be able to best utilize this fine word. Is there a certain facial expression, hand gesture or intonation that needs to accompany “rad” in order to fully communicate the depth of it’s meaning?

Seth used to get embarrased when I said the word “rad.” Especially when I said it very loudly around alot of people. Which was often. Then he heard my brother say it, and THEN C-Hammer busted out with the word. So, he’s coming around…finally.

Try it! Try it! I promise, if you don’t like it after a day, I’ll never pressure you to say it, ever again. =-)

Now that I have reliable internet access I look forward to reading more of your blog.

Seth,
Oooo…I like brilliant. I’m going to start incorporating that one into my vocab. I still need an all purpose “cool” equivalent, though. I’m not sure if “rad” will work for me. I’m not certain I can pull that one off.

if that doesn’t work there is always Will Ferrel’s word “scrumtrelescent”

Amber uses the word Rad. I just cant bring myself to do it even though it is coming back in… finally.

You are very cool. Not sure there really is another word for it! So cool (and, yes, I became aware of your coolness from reading Shlog!) that I added you right away (it’s called linking, right?) to the new column I FINALLY figured out how to add on my Blogger Blog. That was really hard for me to figure out!

But, I so apologize for not following proper blog ettiquette because I believe the right thing to do would have been to ask you first. I got excited when the column actually showed up – then I wanted to keep adding sites/blogs to check that the code was actually working. I was amazed every time one really showed up! I’m easily challenged.

Anyway, again, you definitely seem like one cool mom.

Marianne