You think?
One of those minor disappointments in life…
…compounded by another, even more minor, but nearly as irritating. While reading along in a book by an author I have come to expect to be fairly literate, published by a company that has usually competent editors, I read, “Here, here” in a context that called for “Hear, hear.”
Now, I know that sort of phrase is subject to one of the common classes of typos, and I have even–momentarily–typed “Hear, here” before *heh-heh* 🙂 But really. *sigh* The author, one of the proof readers or the editor ought to have caught that.
(Sadly, this video, which ought to be a brief introduction to the differences between “here” and “hear”–as a way of leading into the etymology of the expression “Hear, hear”– contains a comma splice in the introduction to “here” that is inexcusable in a video purporting to be English instruction. *sigh*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5xDvkk-qxA)
A decent explanation of “Hear, hear!” is here, hear?
Of course, there is one small problem in the explanation linked above. It introduces another expression that most folks have just not bothered to understand: “exception that proves the rule”–;-) Perhaps a slightly better–for not having “exception that proves the rule”–explanation is here-here.
Send These to Congress
Do you think if we sent a raft of these to Congress we could keep the “idjit congresscritters” busy enough to get ’em out of our hair for a while?
It’s worth a shot…
Note plans and instructions here showing how you too can make The World’s Most Useless Machine.
“…to protect the guilty…”
Strangely, I’m not talking about congresscritters in the blogpost title. Or perhaps not so strangely, as those guilty critters deserve no protection.
No, I’m talking about protecting the perpetrators of…
FRENCH FRY SPAM CASSEROLE
Yield: 8 servings1 pk Frozen french fry potatoes,
-thawed (20 oz)
2 c Shredded Cheddar cheese
2 c Sour cream
1 can Condensed cream of chicken
-soup (10 3/4 oz)
1 can SPAM Luncheon Meat, cubed
-(12 oz)
1/2 c Chopped red bell pepper
1/2 c Chopped green onion
1/2 c Finely crushed corn flakesHeat oven to 350’F. In large bowl, combine potatoes, cheese, sour
cream, and soup. Stir in SPAM, bell pepper, and green onion. Spoon
into 13″x9″ baking dish. Sprinkle with crushed flakes. Bake 30-40
minutes or until thoroughly heated.
No, I’m not linking to the source. You can’t make me. It’d only encourage them.
[audio:Spam-Song-Monty-Python-2.mp3]“LOL Much”
*heh*
From Kat, on FB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0&feature=player_embedded
Truer scenes were never filmed…
A Headline I NEVER Wanted to See
I’m going to have nightmares tonight. Newsmax (emailout) headline:
“The Naked Truth About Nancy Pelosi”
Oh, thanks for the image, Newsmax. *shudder* Now, I just want to put my (mental) eyes out… Give anyone else the heebie-jeebies?
*heh*
Nothing New Under the Sun
Yesterday, Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated offered a piece of historical humor. On this day in…
“1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you,” and is billed $109.43 in taxes above the phone charge.”
Plus ça change… *heh*
The Secret to Longevity
Washington D.C. is engaged in the biggest education project in the history of man. It is attempting to teach 300,000,000 Americans that paranoia is a skill; a skill that is the secret to a long life.
Calling the Plays… That Have Happened
Drudge said, “Kiss of death”–“Obama predicts Colts victory in Super Bowl”
As an acquaintance on FB said,
Everyone said the Saints couldn’t win unless hell freezes over. Did you see there was a blizzard in DC over the weekend?
“Consider the Threat Level”
From the otherwise excellent and usually reliable Windows Secrets newsletter comes this guffaw from the usually serious Fred Langa responding to a reader’s question about outdated browsers (with massive security holes) being required by the “feddle gummint’s” FAFSA web site:
First of all, it appears the site has been updated since your phone call. The FAFSA help page lists all the supported browsers, which now include IE 8 and Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4.
Second, consider the threat level: most browser security features exist to protect you against hostile sites that might try to stuff malware into your system or steal information from you. Why would the government need to attack your browser? If the government wants your personal information, it can get it quite openly through legal channels.
Oh. Wait. He was serious. “Why would the government need to attack your browser?” It’s not “need” that drives a “feddle gummint” bureaucrap to do anything, Fred. They pretty much do as they want, because they can. Government of the government, by the government and, especially, for the government shall not perish from the Earth, Fred… *sigh*
Frankly, I consider “feddle gummint” websites to BE malware, unless proven differently.