Ivana Trump marries... again.

Ivana Trump, former wife of earth's tackiest man, pledged her undying love the fourth time this weekend. An article from People magazine covered the event in exhausting detail, and noted that "the Donald" was among the 500 guests. Lookups on Ivana jumped an astounding 1,928% and related searches on "ivana trump ( Read more... )

Good grief, I have finally found kindred spirits among the tubes of the internet. My introductory post shall be in three parts.

1. I have experienced considerable overlap between the set [pedantic people] and the set [writers]. Obviously this makes sense; both demographics thrive on the cultivation of deep respect and affection for words. I have ( Read more... )

From the Penguin US page for Upton Sinclair's Oil!

"...Sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the California oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade of characters including senators, oil magnets, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist."

"Trooper's condition improves whose car flipped during chase"

The following text appears at the end of the Columbia Teachers College virtual tour:

Teachers College begun as and remains an institution that values education and the wealth of students that have passed through its doors. If you would like to learn more about Teachers College...

From today's Wikipedia main page:

"Did you know... that the Black Kangaroo Paw (Macropidia fuliginosa; pictured), is a plant native to Western Australia and survives being burned to the ground?"

Yeah, thanks a bunch. And I am annoyed and lament.

 I was at Jcpenneycareers.com  looking to see if there were any positions open in my area.   I was in complete shock at this sentence:

Sales Support Assistant - Are Sales Support Assistant's are key to keeping our stores an easy and exciting place to shop for our customers.

I posted a small rant in my blog last night about basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that bother me. While I didn't intend to offend anyone on my friends list, it appears as though I have. This person is actually trying to defend the use of "should of" and various other common errors. I never imagined anyone would ever try to defend ( Read more... )

The drivel on this page makes me angry. Click me.