This is why you should always proof read your work

I had a laugh a few moments ago. I stumbled across this from the Old Navy website: Old Navy was advertising t-shirts supporting various sports teams. There was one little problem though…. someone didn’t check the spelling. They were selling t-shirts proclaiming “Lets Go [insert team here]”. Now, you and I know it should be [...]

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Promotion of illiteracy courtesy of the simplified spelling folk

This article was first published as Simplified Spelling is Not So Simple on Technorati. Every once in awhile, I stumble across an article by the Simplified Spelling people. The society believes phonetic spelling should rule the day and traditional spelling has created a legion of illiterates. A couple of problems arise with this – first [...]

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Dear scammers, you were so close this time

Dear Scammers, I have to admit, this was a good one. The letter about your Japanese relief foundation was quite well done. No seriously, this is a compliment! It looked good, had the right tone, seemed sincere, and the charity number was a nice touch. The plea from the nuns was heart rending – a [...]

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Oh, you’re not even trying anymore!

Dear Spammers, Is it too much to ask that you put a bit of effort into your attempts at parting me from my hard earned money? The quality of spam has declined dramatically lately. This sad email was far too easy to spot. I didn’t even need to use my bifocals to spot the glaring [...]

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Today’s quiz

Every week I get comments like this: Very pensive piece of info. I not in a million years thot dat t’was this right bold after all. I had disgorge a good amount of my sooner looking because someone to illustrate dis subject-matter apparently and this: hold responsible you over the extent of a unreservedly intriguing [...]

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Fun with Palin’s FaceBook page

Not sure if the people that write on Sarah Palin’s FaceBook page are scary, funny, sarcastic or just sad. Her fanboys and fangirls tend to have a very unique world vision. Let’s eavesdrop shall we (the names are with held to save them the humiliation): if teddy roosevelt and ronald regan had a baby daughter [...]

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