Word: goof
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...Lawn must be barbered to the satisfaction of one's neighbors, or it earns their dirty looks and, in some tightly strung communities, a summons from city hall. The ideal lawn is featureless, a living imitation of Astroturf. Striving to achieve it soaks up water, money and weekend goof-off time in fantastic quantities...
There have been, intervening, two decades, a couple of marriages, one son, a hurtful professional divorce and a group of exquisite albums. But that Troubled Water question, framed as an up-tempo goof but phrased suddenly like a suicide note, still stands. Let's consider it more benignly, as a kind of standing offer: "Why don't you write me/ I'm out in the jungle/I'm hungry to hear you." And take him up on it, at last...
...because you do not take a real cut at the ball. If you would put more power behind your swing, you would improve your batting average 100%." Bush added that he took the advice, and brought his average up over .250. This story has been retold as a goof on Bush: no bat then, no oomph now. But it ) cuts two ways, for Bush put in the work and did improve himself...
...very serious now, and it's getting more serious all the time," Stone says. "Two years ago, it was very different. People saw it as a time to goof off on the field...
DAVID LINDLEY & EL RAYO-X: VERY GREASY (Elektra/Asylum). Good-time music to dance to, or goof to, much of it with a Caribbean inflection. Produced by Linda Ronstadt, with minimal sheen and plenty of humor...