I often encounter people who make a big deal about spelling and grammar. They insist that these issues are important, that a person who doesn’t use “correct” grammar and spelling is ignorant, or at least beneath notice. I disagree with them.
Continue readingMissing Persons
A recent news article informs me that a man kept his deceased wife’s body in a freezer for the past ten years.
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Hate Crimes
In New York someone attacked a cab driver, allegedly because the driver was a Muslim. There is a question of whether this is a hate crime.
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The Trouble With Kids These Days
Continue readingThe children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
Attributed to Socrates
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Mayan Calendar
A lot of people are concerned that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012 (give or take). They reason that the Mayan calendar ends on that day – or perhaps the day before. Once the calendar ends, that’s all she wrote. The world comes crashing down around our heads.
This is fucking stupid.
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Put The Commas In
Journalists, when you’re writing largish numbers (that would be numbers with more than four digits), would you *PUHLEEZ* put the fucking commas in? I can’t tell the difference between 300000 and 3000000 or even 30000000. Come on, how hard would it be to put in a comma every three digits?
Didn’t your teachers ever tell you about that stuff?
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Steps To Prevent Foreclosure
The Obama administration is seeking to find ways to prevent foreclosures among homeowners who have lost their jobs. The feeling is that these homeowners are unable to pay their mortgages through no fault of their own, so should not be penalized by losing their homes. A noble, compassionate sentiment, to be sure.
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A Big Fucking Deal
The media are all atwitter over a comment made by our Vice President. According to one source, Biden told Obama that the Health Care Reform Act was a “Big [Expletive] Deal”. Another source reported that Biden “dropped the F-bomb”. Using my superior powers of analysis and deduction, I conclude that Mr. Biden said, “This is a big fucking deal”.
To which I say, “big fucking deal”. People swear. Even vice presidents swear. Hell, our President probably swears while he’s out behind the White House sneaking a smoke.
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In Hot Water
James A. Ray, whose catastrophic sweat lodge ritual killed three people on October 8 of last year, has been indicted for manslaughter. This might actually be a good thing.
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The Dangers Of Combat
A New York Times article reports that more of our soldiers are dying as a result of suicide than from enemy fire.
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