Strange as this Weather has Been by somebody Pancake: Meh. Readable but not great. Basically it teaches us that mountaintop removal coal mining is bad ( Read more... )

Ohmygod, the pie I just invented? Strawberry-blueberry-cherry-rhubarb pie? Awesome.

Who decided toasters were unsightly?

Good Lord, my non-native English speaking co-authors' writing can be painful ( Read more... )

They never actually told us what happens "The more you know," did they? I think the conclusion we were supposed to draw was, "The more you know, the more successful you will be on the job market," or "The more you know, the better your life will be in some intangible way." But what if the commercials were some sinister plot by an anti-knowledge ( Read more... )

Did anybody ever figure out what "Hit me Baby one more time" was supposed to mean? Was it really about someone wanting back into an abusive relationship?

One of the AV Club writers has started blogging about season 1 of the West Wing, and it's reminded me of how much I loved that show. *sigh* I loved that show.
Except Donna. And so, ten years late to the party, I wanted to ask: was I the only one who hated Donna? Hhhhhaaaaaated Donna? How did y'all feel about her?

I just watched the movie Doubt. Here are my complaints:
-Could we cut back on the pathetic fallacy, please? The winds keep changing: I get it ( Read more... )

My dissertation advisor, with whom I am co-authoring a paper, is a native French speaker. When she sends me Word documents, written in English, and I open them, Word prompts me to install the French keyboard, and I always decline.
A few weeks ago, one of my own documents started giving me the same prompt every time I open it. I don't really ( Read more... )

You know what's really annoying...When you get into an email exchange with someone who only punctuates with ellipses...They even do it with questions...Why do they do that...It's really hard to figure out what they're saying...Grr.