It's happening. SXSW. When in Austin, do as the crazy people do. I had a few things (actually business stuff) that needed to get accomplished today, and I actually got all that stuff accomplished! I totally expected traffic to be a nightmare this morning, but apparently all the warnings from everyone on the radio and television got through to many folks, and they decided to 1: Stay home, or B: Evacuate. I think many decided to get out of town and make their houses available on AirBNB. It does cut down on cars a bit, the only reliable transportation for the next two weeks will be Lyft or scooters. I had to go meet some people at one of our storage spaces, which just happens to be where Bird stores their scooters, so I got a free demo. Pretty fun although I did not leave the parking lot, and they go fast as hell. Or maybe not, maybe it just seemed like they were fast.Chin-Wag -- Noun, Slang: conversation, chat. As the sole employee at the airport coffee shop, George enjoyed having chin-wags with travelers ho were waiting to board their flights.
Did You Know? In English, phrases about wagging tongues have suggested the act of speech since at least the late 1500s. The pairing of chin with wag didn't occur until several centuries later, but when it did, chin took on a life of its own as a term for idle chatter. Other chin expressions for loose lips include chin music (a noun meaning "idle talk, chatter"), chinfest (another noun synonymous with "chat"), and chin itself (which can be used as either a verb meaning "to chatter" or a noun meaning "a chat").
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