You know the “Broadview Security” ads on TV right now? Here’s my question: Who stops to answer the phone when they are being chased through their house by an attacker? And what happens when you try to call 911 but the line is tied up because the stupid Broadview Security guy is trying to call you?
For absolutely no reason I want to take archery lessons. I wonder if I can find a place with lessons that aren’t full of 8 yr olds. I don’t have a problem with 8 yr olds, but I do have concerns about armed 8 yr olds.
I’ve decided that more productive and faster-loading computer programs are not what I want. To hell with efficiency. When would I get in my daydreaming if not while waiting for photoshop to open?
I just found this hilarious site via Shelterrific and spent the last hour looking it through from top to bottom. “It’s Lovely, I’ll Take it!” is a site dedicated to some of the more questionable choices home selllers make in photographing and listing their houses, including terrible, blurry pictures that don’t really show anything about the house, evidence of obsessive-compulsive behavior, dirty bathrooms (with the unflushed toilet in the frame) and rooms that have clearly just had a frat party roll in through them. I mean, really, would it take that long to pick up the trash a little before snapping the pic? And what’s with the giant dog?
From Adam’s most recent Twitter update:
“For sale: 1 slightly used 15″ crt monitor. Has only been on the front curb of my driveway in the rain once.”
I just found 7 buttons in my pocket. No idea where they came from. This seems to happen to me a lot.
Deficient though I may be in the area of terrorist elimination, I think I can give Jack Bauer a run for his money when it comes to useful but unusual shoulder-bag contents. Inspired by Jamie’s post about the mysterious contents of Jack Bauer’s bag, I decided to do a little inventory myself. I’m not making this up, I swear.
Leather Journal
Three red pens (two functional)
Metallic Silver Sharpie
Make Magazine current issue
7 hair elastics
15 Beaded flower petals
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This is a great linguistics analysis from SLATE Magazine writer Kate Taylor, trying to answer the age old pronunciation situation in our neighbour nation’s capital.
“When speaking about nuclear weapons, George W. Bush invariably pronounces the word “nucular.” Is this an acceptable pronunciation? Not really. Changing “nu-clee-ar” into “nu-cu-lar” is an example of what linguists call metathesis, which is the switching of two adjacent sounds. (Think of it this way: “nook le yer” becomes “nook ye ler.”) This switching is common in English pronunciation; you might pronounce “iron” as “eye yern” rather than “eye ron.” Why do people do it? One reason, offered in a usage note in the American Heritage Dictionary, is that the “ular” ending is extremely common in English, and much more common than “lear.” Consider particular, circular, spectacular, and many science-related words like molecular, ocular, muscular.”
