Sometimes when the weather gets so summery I just get so busy summering that I forget things I did a while ago and sent off. I know right? Well, here’s one: a podcast version of my article on “I know, right?” It’s a nice reminder of how much of what we say is verbal gesture rather than literal denotation.
‘I know, right?’: The anatomy of a wonderfully nonsensical phrase
Sesquiotica 
I wonder if you know the origin of the phrase “peter out” meaning to slowly come to an end.