My daughter wants me to be House to her Cuddy. It will mean giving up my perfectly shaved head for a few days.

It's a great question, for which a quick internet search was unable to provide an answer. it's okay/OK with me if someone else comes up with the goods.

A disparate if not disheveled collection of things

Maybe I can call my daughters' room the congerarium.

Which reminds me of a line I heard yesterday in an Elvin Bishop song. To paraphrase, "I know a thing or two. I've been young, but you haven't been old yet."

I could not find an answer, but I have a guess. My thinking is that the meaning is, "he is an aristocrat on paper [, but in reality he is a scoundrel]".

Good one.

I won't fight about this one. It is simply a great word.

I love a good hammer dulcimer.

Funny. As regards yards and gardens around houses, I never thought of the two as synonymous. I would have thought that one might have a garden in the yard.

Live and learn.

There is something quite dulcet about "lilt".

Grammar
You have words - now what do you do with them?

That reminds me of me. Whenever my kids overuse "like", I always say, "English has verbs. Use them."

An excellent word for the close of summer. Now that the students, especially those of college age, are back in the classroom, they'll have brought back many loverly viruses and odd sicknesses to share with their teachers and fellow students. Hack, hack. College age? I never remember being sick in c...

By the way, maybe I am a bore. (Although I hope not.) But I noticed that we had gotten away from the challenge, and wanted to start the ball rolling. Looks like it worked.

Perry says that standing in front of the 18 wheeler is balls or intestinal fortitude. Chuztpah is more like cheek or gall.