Archive for December, 2007

Two reasons to read the comment threads at the Onion AV Club

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

1) In a discussion of morally dubious holiday entertainments, the idea of keeping Christ in Christmas was brought up. One person’s response:
Likewise, I believe in the importance of keeping Thor in Thursdays. That’s why once a week I drink excessively and smash things.
2) The AV Club’s list of the least essential albums of the year [...]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Unnecessary Quotes “Redux”

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

A while back, I posted about some regional linguistic pet peeves of mine, one of which was the “random” use of quotation “mark’s” and “apostrophe’s.”
Looks like someone’s taken the Engrish approach to the subject, creating a blog (http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/) to showcase particularly bad examples of quotation mark “abuse” in the “wild.” Not only that, but Merlin [...]

Popularity: 13% [?]

The (Mis)education of Little Chef

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Last night I watched a cooking podcast about omelets. I’ve always considered them to be a specialty of mine, but the host of the show was making them a different way than my usual. His technique included a cool little pan flip once the first side was done and the edges had been folded over. [...]

Popularity: 9% [?]

I am a scientist - I seek to understand me