by Jim Stitzel | Oct 16, 2007 | Asides
Funny quote for today: “Staff said he was observed ‘handling truffles in a suspicious manner.'” (“#”:http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/16/chocolatier-resigns.html)
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 2, 2007 | Asides
Wow…. folks, pay attention to your verb tenses when you write. Please, for the love of all that’s good and pure (and for the sake of my sanity). Here’s a hint: plural verb tenses go with multiple subjects. Singular verb tenses go with single...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 25, 2007 | Asides
As of right now, 22 out of 81 friends on my list are playing Halo 3 – and it’s not even 6AM. Lucky dogs.
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 23, 2007 | Asides
*Her:* “Wow, that’s Angelina Jolie? That’s nothing like the way she looks in _Grave Robber_!” *Me:* “…you mean _Tomb Raider_.” *Her:* “Um, yeah.” *Me:* * laughter * *Her:* “Well, there’s dead people...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 18, 2007 | Asides
I got a kick out of this Venn diagram. The punchline for me was in Point D.
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 11, 2007 | Asides
I haven’t read Arthur C. Clarke’s _Rama_ series yet (even though it’s on my list), but “this student-created video”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2Yt1ATm4c makes me want to run out and grab the books I’m missing and give them a...