WotD: flyer/handbill

1. das Flugblatt, der Flugzettel, der Handzettle
2. de flyer, het strooibiljet
3. el folleto, el volante
4. el prospecte
5. le tract, le pamphlet (Can.)
6. flygbladet
7. an fógrán
8. ulotka
9. 전단지 (傳單紙)
10. 傳單, 廣告單張

Notes:Today I passed a young man handing out fliers and for a moment I revisited a dilemma I thought I'd put behind me: As a rule, I refuse handbills. They're virtually never for any service that I would use, so I just end up tossing them into the next available trashcan. I'm always polite in my refusal, since this has got to be one of the shittier jobs in existence. But if I really wanted to be nice, wouldn't I take one even if just to toss it? I could be wrong, but I imagine these people either have (a) a fixed number of bills to pass out or (b) get paid by the count. So the sooner they run through a thousand or whatever, the sooner they (a) can get in from the cold or (b) make enough money for that cheesesteak. On the other hand, if it's not just some hired mook but a stakeholder in the business, then instead I'm (a) wasting their money and (b) raising false expectations.

I suspect that whatever the case, I'm (c) thinking about this way too much.

Más vale tarde que nunca

While I was at my sister's, I casually remarked that the Latino market a block and a half from here sells a full assortment of turrones. I didn't bring any because I remember too many years where each of us brought all the things we thought would be special for Christmas and the combined effect was more than any of us could or should willingly eat. My sister told me she wished I had, and I told her I'd remember that for next year.

After she dropped me off at the airport and I stood in line half an hour for security, I realised I still had my mother's housekey. Once back in Chicago, I called Mom and asked her if she wanted me to send it. On the way to the post office, I had an inspiration. Minutes later, I was standing there sandwiching the key between two boxes of turrón (one alicante, one jijona) and stuffing it all into the $5 flat rate box. It arrived there today, three days ahead of the Three Kings.