Australia’s most famous painting is Chloé. Well, it may not be the most famous (I think there are a few by Tom Roberts and Sidney Nolan that are better known), but it’s probably the most infamous. In a nutshell, it’s a picture of a naked young woman. It was painted … Continue reading
This was the subject line on a spam that got caught in my filter today: A clean intestine is your friend. Really? Is that anything like “You’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania?” or “Can we still be friends?” Share/Bookmark
What is so damned difficult about using apostrophes? I’m not talking about stuff like the it’s/its controversy. That’s difficult to remember. I have a mnemonic to keep them straight, and that’s “his/hers/its”. Meaning, if it’s a possessive (belonging to it) it doesn’t get an apostrophe, because his and hers don’t … Continue reading
Gosh, I was SO fooled by this subject line: lunch tomorrow? 7200347 2324qKMl3-669Tr-14 I actually thought that one of my friends was sending me a lunch invitation and adding on a bunch of random numbers, so I opened the email and immediately wanted to do business with the person who … Continue reading
I took the Harvard Dialect Survey and it was really interesting. Looking over the results, I see that my dialect is primarily Northeastern and Midwestern (no big surprise there; I spent most of my life in Illinois, and a good chunk of it in New York, plus my mother is … Continue reading
Hmmm. That's odd. Can't seem to find any related posts at this time. How about something random, instead?
Spam Kills!
Hey, if you get an email promising you millions of dollars from Nigeria, don’t fall for it. It could lead you to commit murder. Share/Bookmark
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