The following sentence is from the exhibitor's guide for the tradeshow I'm going to next month. The way it's worded (very badly) gives it an entirely different meaning than what was really meant:

In addition, models/hostesses may not wear any apparel, which may be deemed in bad taste.

Oy! What kind of tradeshow is this?!?

People, your pet is spayed.

Not spade.

Not spaded.

People, it's Febreze.

Not Fabreze.

Not Free-breeze.

I've been pretty busy lately.  Not much to say in this entry except:

• Happy belated birthday to Daisy (stefanina, can you believe your Kami is four?!).
• I really need some better work clothes.
• I finally finished my "required reading" at my new job and it's time to jump into some actual work.  Scary.
• My co-workers got me some going away presents: one gave me ( Read more... )

Arg! Where are all my angry-email-proofreaders when I need them?!

Apostrophe abuse really annoys me.

Take this, all you grammar hackers!

The other morning I went to the Books-a-Million down the street to get a coffee drink from Joe Muggs, their coffee shop. I didn't quite know what I wanted, so the cashier described some different concoctions until I found one I liked. While she was ringing me up, I asked what it was called so I'd remember for next time, and she said it was called ( Read more... )