Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The World's Biggest Problem

Is stupidity. But I'm going to rant about spelling. Take this comment post for instance:

Incidently, I remember reading an article in The New Republic wear the writer attended anti-Iraq war rally. The entire article was the guy seathing with rage invoking 9/11 as the reason we were invading iraq and dreaming of having the protestors arrested and deported. I bring this up because I know how TNR can get there circulation up. See, they’re marketing themselves to the wrong crowd. If they started putting girls in bikinis draped over the hoods of cars on their front cover, they’d reach a friendlier audience.

First, "Incidentally". The word's been spelled that way since the 1800s. "Incidently" is archaic. Get with the program. Come join us in the current effing century. Next: "wear the writer". I think that's illegal. Jeff Dahmer & all that. WHERE the writer attended AN anti-Iraq war rally. I don't even know where to begin with 'seathing'. Is it a thing from the sea? (See Russell, Kurt, Thing, The). Seething would be an actual word that one could use in this instance. Eye-raque needs to be capitalized, regardless of one's opinion of it. Next, we come to 'get there circulation'. Typical misuse of 'there'. Should be 'their'. This error is particularly odd, because in the very next sentence, the author (holy carp) uses "they're" correctly. Seriously, what's up with that?

I rant because I strongly feel that these sorts of error detract from the thrust of one's argument. And apart from the above mentioned errors (don't get me started on the grammar), I think that the ideas expressed are not without merit.

Possible definition of 'seathing':

Friday, June 16, 2006

The Below Post is Brought to You

courtesy of Spacey Stacey, who, by inadvertently generating a rant involving Tenacious D, Cleveland Steamers, and Tea Bagging, inspired me to write that post. Also brought to you by the number 42.

The Creepy Thing About E-Harmony Ads

I finally figured it out the other night. These ads had been creeping me out for some time, but I could never put my finger on why. I finally got it tho- all of the couples' noses match. It's really weird. The guy with the long nose is with the chick with the long nose, the guy with the broken looking nose is with the chick with the broken looking nose, etc. Is this how they really do their matching? Is this really what they mean by profile? Maybe I've stumbled onto the secret of love, life, the universe and everything by accident. The *real* question, then, is how do noses relate to 42? Is it just that the 4 looks like a nose in profile, while the two is... well, I'm not sure what the 2 is.

Should I adjust my meds?

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Because I Can

Ladies and Gentlemen- or, more accurately, Lady and Gentleman (I know my traffic)-
Cyndi Lauper with a Fire Hose:

Not Albatross

I pick not albatross. An' I'm all out a Zom-B-Gone.

Saturday, June 03, 2006

I Bought The Kaboom

Went over to see the lovely folks at the explosives store this morning. They were both very helpful and informative, and I walked out with over 110lbs of kabooms. Very nice.

They had a 2 for 1 sale (ends monday).