At some point in time last year, I wanted to join a Flickr group which aims to catalogue as many of the world’s species as possible. I may not have great photos, but I do have photos of critters that don’t interest just anyone, and if I could add something useful to the Encyclopædia of […]
What do I have to do to make the notification go away?!?! It’s driving me INSANE! Must I don tutu, rubber boots and hockey helmet, and recite Beowulf from memory as I dance flamenco around a fire under a full moon? Go away, little 1-in-a-red-circle. I READ EVERYTHING–what more do you want from me!?!?!
Christ. Yeah, it’s Monday. It’s bad enough to see this in some blog or a random comment on an article, but these days, it’s not at all uncommon to see this mistake made in what should be a reasonably respectable publication, or at least a reasonably literate one. I hate it–it makes me cry because […]
I was reading comments on a short article about (whatever Trent Reznor said about recording contracts). I don’t remember what Trent said because the blind stupidity of this comment took over my attention. The guy was calling fake on the article, and here was his reasoning: Did anyone else notice that the date on that […]
“Since the article doesn’t specify whom the ‘security person’ works for, it’s hard to say what authority the pilot has”. I know you tried, but you still made the Grammar Nazi very sad. I’m proud of you for attempting to use “whom”, but if you don’t know how to properly use a word, then it’s […]
Go home, you old bastard. I want the windows open because it’s beautiful outside, I love to hear the birds, and besides, open windows make the cat STFU, but that doesn’t mean I want them open with you spending half your time roaming under the windows of one side of the house, and the other […]
I really want to like the Safari 4 beta for Windows–I do! L. told me about it one time when I was bitching about FF on Windows (which, in my defence, does take forever to start on XP, especially since I use it so seldom and it’s always got four thousand updates to do), and […]
If you are trying to give computer advice and would like to seem credible, for the love of $deity(s), don’t say “virii”. That is not even a word at all, let alone the plural form of the word “virus”! You’re doing it because you think it makes you sound smarter, since you obviously know that […]
I feel sorry for the English language, since there is apparently no end to the ways that illiterate idiots are willing to assault it. The phrase is, “by accident,” you fools! “On accident” is something that little kids say when they’re trying to explain why the cupboard door is open and the kitchen floor is […]
Who writes this shite, and how do I manage to keep running into it in spite of my best efforts? For every girl who is tired of acting weak when she is strong, there is a boy tired of appearing strong when he feels vulnerable. Pardon me while I puke on my fuzzy pink bear […]