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5.29.2008

Reallies? Okays.


Another gem from DH's Grandma. This one was taken at a nail salon in Chicago's far west suburbs.

posted by Hoyden at 5/29/2008 | 0 Comments

5.28.2008

Typo personality

Here's a fun story from my hometown paper. My hubby's Grandma found us this one.

posted by Hoyden at 5/28/2008 | 1 Comments

5.21.2008

Spring Cleaning

Yep, it’s that time of year. Trees are budding, birds are chirping, and I am cleaning. Though I normally am a rather messy person by nature, there’s something about spring that actually makes me WANT to reorganize the closet, move the furniture when I vacuum, and even wipe out the kitchen cabinets.

So why not clean up my vocabulary too? All of those weird, overused words and phrases—it seems like a great time to sweep them out of my word repertoire. A list of my prime offenses? Many I will never openly admit to (yikes!), but here’s a few I need to cut back on:

  • Random – yeah, I know. I’m holding my head in shame.
  • What ev – I totally blame this one on my neighbor.
  • Cute – it can still apply to babies and bunnies, but THAT’S IT!
  • Drama queen – my husband hates it when I use this one on him.
  • No, yeah – I think I confuse people with this.

So what are your word hangups? You know, the ones you really need to shake. Now's the time!

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posted by Oniomaniac at 5/21/2008 | 4 Comments

5.13.2008

We can stop blogging now.


We found it. We can die happy now. Thanks GrammarBlog for providing this sublime sample. Wow. I just can't stop looking at it!

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posted by Hoyden at 5/13/2008 | 6 Comments

5.12.2008

NEW video fun!

Now, edited by the clients, here are NEW tourism videos. Won't you please have a look, even if you've seen them before? PLEASE?!?





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5.04.2008

The perfect punctuation storm

Missing commas, random apostrophes, misspellings and more. All in one place. Wow. Thanks to my super cool Grandma-in-law for snagging this beauty.

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posted by Hoyden at 5/04/2008 | 4 Comments

5.01.2008

For to measure the tapes.

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posted by Hoyden at 5/01/2008 | 3 Comments

Preverts?

We learned a whole lot about search engine optimization today at work. And while viewing the most common search terms, some funny trends emerged.

1. The hierarchy of needs is alive and well. Sex was #1. YouPorn was #2.
2. Perverts can't spell. Number #10 was YouPron.
3. Nothing in global politics, science, education, or technology was anywhere in the top 50.

These interwebs haven't done much to change people's priorities, I suppose.

posted by Hoyden at 5/01/2008 | 0 Comments