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Is There an Editor in the House?

( Rants )

The convoluted paragraph circled below just sends me…

“Past precedence exists”? Oy.
This is truly a tag-team gaffe. The writer got a word completely wrong by leaning too heavily on his spell-checker, and the speaker seems to think that precedents can exist somewhere besides the past. One needs a better editor and the […]

Apple Joke from a Friend

This just showed up in my gmail account from an old friend:
Apple Computers announced today that it has developed a computer chip that can store and play music in women’s breast implants.
The iBoob will cost between $499 and $599. This is considered to be a major breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men […]

Those who do not know history…

…are doomed to repeat it (sorta).
A big thanks goes to Raymond Chen and his The Old New Thing blog for bringing this hilarious video to my attention.

Venn Diagrams

Friends and enemies alike have accused me of seeing everything in this world in terms of black or white, yes or no, on or off, right or wrong. That assessment, while probably fair in many ways, misses some of the subtlety that makes me “me”. Enter the Venn diagram…
These things are beautiful, and […]