Author Archive
Life Support
I’m tired of all the things people “need” to get through the day now. What happened to humans being able to wake up, work, relax and sleep all on their own? Now we need coffee to wake up, energy drinks to make it to 5:00, a beer to relax at home, and a myriad of [...]
Advanced Straw Theory
In this period of economic hardship, I would like to bestow a small bit of wisdom upon those in the food service industry: There are different size straws. I don’t mean height; I’m talking diameter. I know that’s not new knowledge, but please take a minute to consider which is ideal for your business. You [...]
Spam of Interest
I have a file of some of the best spam I’ve ever received – mostly porn-related – which I plan on posting on here when I’m in a writing mood but short on ideas. Stay tuned for that. On that subject, I’ve noticed that spammers are trying hard to be creative in order to get [...]
Infixation
I’m a bit of a linguistics nerd. I think I like it because language is such a complex thing and everyone uses it so freely without really having an understanding of why they say what they do. Most people suck at it, too. Anyway, I took an applied linguistics course in the spring and at [...]
Waiting List Weirdness
Am I the only one who does this? I’m sitting at a crowded restaurant, doctor’s office or somewhere else that employs a waiting list. Whenever see the host/hostess (mmm, cupcakes) prepare to call the next name, I prepare to stand up victoriously and then non-chalantly parade past the rest of the hungry/ailing/whatever schlubs still waiting. [...]
Strip This
Apostrophe Catastrophe
I think it’s safe to assume that most of us are on Facebook. And most of us on Facebook have at least a few friends that aren’t actually friends, per se. Acquaintances, friends of friends, people we just want to keep an eye on, people from high school we never really spoke to but felt [...]
Celebrity Deathmania
Not to make light of death or start this blog with an especially morbid topic (or maybe to do both), but celebrity deaths have really picked up this week. First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson within hours of each other. They say famous people die in threes, so MJ seems to have [...]
