I'm actually debating writing something again.  (I haven't posted fic in over a year.  Ai!)  But there may yet be more Mistakes to be made. :)

Anyway, in my head-drafting I had John from Sherlock making a Poe allusion.  Would Poe be widely read by British school kids?  I know we read British classics in US high schools, but the US has only so much ( Read more... )

Really LJ?

You're using the old version of the Friends page - switch to the new one and try to customize it.

So... you're warning me ahead of time that there's a good chance I'll fail at this?  I should *try* to customize it, but... what? I shouldn't be alarmed if I totally lack the skills to accomplish this task?  I mean, when I tell my kids to 'try ( Read more... )

 I haven't had too many really brilliant student gems this year, but there was a really great one today.

We're reading a book about a girl who is Good German Citizen during World War II who discovers that her parents are hiding Jews in their house.  As we pick up the book today I ask, "Who had come to visit during the night when I left off on Friday ( Read more... )

 How long are the boat rides?

All of the boat rides last 2 hours. The boat rides will make photo stops, but do not make any stops where you get on and off the boat.

Are we supposed to jump on and off as it passes the dock or some damn thing?

Nevermind, 
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My cousins and me were at the park with my uncle.  He told us we had to stay together.

"Yes Uncle!"  We all said that in a unicycle.  Then we went to look at the flower house.

I'm going to crack up every time I see that kid tomorrow.

Okay, I get it that no one is infallible and everyone makes mistakes but HOW did this a.) even get written in the first place or b.) get past the editor, the guy who puts the script into the teleprompter AND the actual anchor ( Read more... )

So I got this link on a Google Alert and I couldn't tell if Google was doing some weird truncating/editing of the first paragraph or if there was, like... some atrocious kind of grammar pile up on the information super-highway.

First of all... it's apparently from someone's campaign website. Or someone's website that's supposed to look like a ( Read more... )

So there's this amazing shot of a leopard on one of my Nature Spotting websites, posted by someone in South Africa.

Someone comments:  Fabulous shot!
Poster:  Thanks.  I think it's one of my sons.
Someone: You mean that one of your sons *took* the photo... right?

So, like 98% of this list is dead serious, but clearly the person getting it together was an inveterate smartass who just couldn't help him/herself on occasion.

berth anchorage birth your method of arrival

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... and found this...


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