Villa Grammatica

Imponderables / Terms I Just Made Up, Part V

2009-10-15T16:47:53Z

The imponderable: why do people send e-mails asking me to "just look at [this] for grammar and spelling" when that is already 90% of my job? The Term: Businesscardia Category: Professional When you proofread so many business cards your heart yea...

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You Lie!

2009-09-14T21:43:43Z

Hah! No, it's not going to be topical, sorry. I have wanted to change my name since...ever, basically, and finally took the plunge and altered my middle name this summer, after years of hearing people tell me it was going to be an unholy nuisance...

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Who Knew?

2009-08-04T16:03:41Z

Turns out that, at least in one way, cats are smarter than my 8-year-old self. Fortunately for my dignity, I do know from needing to clarify words...

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Why Is It...

2009-04-28T12:12:26Z

...that Germany has the most interesting cannibalism cases? First there was the man who recruited his own enthusiastic murder victim, and now this unique take on a grandmother's recipe. Somehow, I think this impulse came from the same bizarre lus...

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Awww...

2009-04-14T11:56:34Z

This may well be the cutest thing I've ever seen!

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Quick Hits: Not Quite As Intended?

2009-04-13T18:01:09Z

From a local paper: Highway floral displays face cuts From an e-mail, in which a chocolate shop was apparently having an Easter sale: 20% off Toady!!!! (The poor toady: you know it's a harsh economy when even henchmen get downsized...)

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I Am Alarmed

2009-04-13T16:51:55Z

I finally gave in and bought this alarm clock (though not at this price!) after Old Faithful let me down again last week. I hope I like it, and hope it stays around as long as the old one.* Which is going to live in the closet. I seem to have som...

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Misplaced Madness!

2009-03-26T18:27:11Z

From Yahoo!, of course: Fish eats cell phone, still works after a week Thank heavens--I don't know where you take a fish for warranty service.

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Quick Hits

2009-03-25T23:54:14Z

As all the blog seems to have gone out of me lately, a few things I found interesting: The "space bat"--In the wake of the Natasha Richardson tragedy, this story about a bat spotted clinging to the space shuttle (but never seen getting the hell...

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Oh, Dear.

2009-02-12T01:44:17Z

I knew it!

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