And Carmen thinks she hasn't updated in forever ( Read more... )

Nothing speaks louder about a culture than its advertisements. And it seems our culture hasn't changed dramatically over the century- just the technology. One hundred years ago, you could read adverts for opium, telephones, and buggies. Today you watch commercials for Prozac, cell phones, and Jeep Cherokees ( Read more... )

Some people just need to get the fuck over themselves.Just because they are too stupid or too lazy to spell is no reason to impose their way of spelling on the rest of us. The only place I want to see 'through' spelled 'thru' is when I'm buying fast food, and that's solely because I know how space is limited on signs. Same with 'night' and 'nite ( Read more... )

As one may or may not have picked up upon, I am a Neil Gaiman fan. Recently it has come to my attention (via my latest acquisition- or possibly second to latest, as I do not recall if I got the Neverwhere DVD before or after the Sandman Companion) that I have been mispronouncing his name. In my defense, I am a native English speaker and thus ( Read more... )

There was some 50s war-ish movie on the television earlier. (War because it was set in the Philippines during WWII, ish because, while it didn't have Elvis, it certainly wasn't actually about the war.) I know little about the Pacific War. My interest in the Second World War has always focused on Europe. The main reason for that? That's what's ( Read more... )

Here's something which I have been following in only the vaguest of senses. It crops up on Fox News sometimes at work (those times when Bud's there and we can't watch the history channel ). And I have no idea whatsoever where these people get the idea that because some imprisoned murderer/gang leader writes a few children's books that speak ( Read more... )

The Abyss was on Sci-Fi today. I only caught parts of the last half of it, with Dad interrupting me going "hey, here's a a good part" or "I almost cried at this part" and "no, they're not blowing something up. They're making something *not* blow up" and unhelpful stuff like that.
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This is actually still a quiz post, but as I tend to ramble on continuously when given the writing utensil and half the chance, I decided to split it. That way there can be short giggles over the previous post, and bitching in this post. Because I am snarky and bitter and bitchy, and everyone knows it and puts up with it, but still likes to point ( Read more... )

The straw, she breaks the camel's back.

I have a shitty job. I love its mindlessness, don't get me wrong, but it's not air conditioned (a fact most would hate more than me, but I put my limit at continuously 90 degree weather indoors with no breeze), it's dirty (and don't think I don't know that you don't give a single thought to the person who's ( Read more... )