In Steely Dan’s song “Show Biz Kids,” the backing singers keep repeating a refrain of “Go to lost wages” over every part of the song. I heard it the other day when the guy driving for our carpool played a tape of Countdown to Ecstasy.
It occurred to me that this was well before Pro Tools […]
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(Hmm…that post title sounds like it could be an old Bob Dylan song…)
Continuing along the theme of regional dialect, I found this little test via Alex King’s blog. The results are interesting, if not surprising given where I live.
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You […]
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Heather, a high school friend of my wife’s, posts about some stupidity she’s run into at work.
I just finished typing a form for a customer. Part of it was a request for a new section that detailed certain conditions under which they would not operate. One such condition, you ask?Inclimate weather.
That’s even better than the […]
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Last Saturday, Carla and I found a Christmas-themed Ziploc bag on the driver’s seat of her car with an official-looking document in it. The person from whom I bought the Hyundai had hand-delivered the title to us.
As of two days ago, the beast is on the road and getting me to work. It’s not the […]
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So…still no title.
The DMV tells me the VIN number for our “new” car isn’t even in their system. Apparently, it’s not uncommon for it to take 3 weeks or more to get a VIN number entered, then once it’s in their system, another 7-10 business days for a title to be issued. Welcome to beauracracy, […]
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