so far today, i have spoken to 3 people (1 in person, 2 over the phone).

all of them are named Dominic.

gotta love the world's weird little coincidences. :)

get ready, everybody - tomorrow is Hug-A-Writer Day! :)

yet another one of the crazy fun little things my company gets up to....

back now ( Read more... )

must...stop...fits.....of....laughter.....

stumbled onto this wonderful list of top newspaper mistakes & corrections of the yeari was doing okay until the bit about Queen Elizabeth laying 2,000 eggs a day... then i just lost it ( Read more... )

the other day as i was riding the morning streetcar, listening to my adorable little iPod, i happened to notice just how many of my fellow travellers were likewise coccooned in their own little sonic worlds ( Read more... )

words are such funny things. doesn't take much of a slip-up to turn them into something ridiculously hilarious ( Read more... )

Graydon, you are my hero. you are the wind beneath my wings.

Pocket Company TV presents Ask A Drunk Person!

...and an extra bonus linky. (funkay little tune, too. love that tasty Pocket Co.)

what to get for the hard-to-shop-for zombie on your holiday list:

custom zombie portraits!

coolest thing i've seen all day. and that was even after i saw this. :P :)

silly moment at work today.

i was working on editing a piece that had a list of medications - first the generic name (the official non-brand-specific name) and then examples of the trademarked name(s) that it's marketed under.

the list looked something like this:

• acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol®, Panadol®)
  
• caffeine
  
• ethanol
  
• sildenafil (Viagra®)
  

poor ( Read more... )

a tiny 13-year-old Chinese girl playing Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" on the accordion.