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You know, it's not that I'm a nag, but ...
I was referred to my sleep doctor by my primary doctor on January 19 ( Read more... ) -
My life in soundbites
1. Gareth's green card arrived today. The picture is stupid but the important thing is the status change (from CR-6 to IR-6--that's Immediate Relative-Spouse instead of Conditional Relative-Spouse).
2. In you haven't been following my photojournal, I did get a new cell phone. The individualist in me is disappointed that the day after I bought it, ( Read more... ) -
Holy incomprehensibility, Batman!
See if you can parse the following sentence (actually the first sentence of an article) from today's Albuquerque Journal:
"Watching the Fire Ritchie McKay Lollapalooza brought Rocky Bridges to mind."
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eggcorn of the day
From CNN.com:
Miami to party like it's 1959: The city of Miami is planning an
official celebration at the Orange Bowl whenever Cuban president Fidel
Castro dies. The ailing leader, who seized power in 1959, is reviled in the
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Favorite icons meme
So the way it works (at least, the way I'm choosing to pass it on) is:
1. The icon at the top of the post is *my* favorite icon.
2. Below are scottishgirl and pne's favorites of my icons.
3. Comment telling me what your favorite of my icons is.
4. I'll reply telling you what my favorite of your icons is.
5. Pass it on.
The icon above was made for heroes_ic and, ( Read more... ) -
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In the most egregious case of apostrophe abuse I have yet seen, I just saw someone refer to the chair of the House Judiciary Committee as Conyer's.
I think I may go curl up in bed and suck my thumb. -
Funniest thing ever.
The kitten just found the pickle.
Thanks to gaudium_et_spes for hiding it for us.
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On sportsmanship
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/12/27/bc.bkn.nets.kiddfined.ap/index.html
Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets has been fined $20,000 for, after the game was over, referring to the referees as, get this, ( Read more... ) -
On being a princess
A fascinating (albeit long) article in the New York Times about little girls' obsessions with being princesses (Disney and otherwise), apparently written by one of those second-wave feminists that champion giving trucks to girls, dolls to boys, and dressing them all in gender-neutral clothing. Except, of course, her daughter is obsessed with Disney ( Read more... ) -
To anyone who's flown recently.
Note the correct use of "who's" in the subject line. It's not a possessive.
So, I thought the rule was 3oz containers or smaller of liquids and gels, but G. printed out our boarding passes last night, and it says in big letters: ATTENTION: Bring your bag onboard and save time. Trial size liquids, gels, and aerosol items (3.4 oz/100mL or less) that ( Read more... )