Imma Throw the Book at You

I love this contraction! Book people prolly aren’t familiar with many of the popular time-saving contractions in use online, and this one is really oustanding. It’s actually a sort of double-(or triple?)-contraction: both “I’m” and “gonna” are contractions, and then the “-m-” is also a contraction of a bunch of apparently superfluous sounds and the… Continue reading Imma Throw the Book at You

They’re Eating the Sperm

While the global news cycle is winding down to take a little break and people all over listen the Pope’s “urbi et orbi” Spiel speech, I’ve decided to use this space to cover so-called “women‘s issues” and to highlight yet another episode of Bridget’s “Dumpster Fire” series (over at phetasy.com ). People who follow my… Continue reading They’re Eating the Sperm

Pretty Pictures

One nice thing about PDF documents is the pretty pictures. Granted: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this image shows the extreme disconnect between reported facts and actual reality like no other (in my not so humble opinion 😉 ). Anyone who believes that the advertising industry is all about honesty has… Continue reading Pretty Pictures

Literacy = ! { an on-off switch }

Literacy is not an “on / off” switch. That statement seems quite simple and straightforward, but it can be written in a variety of ways … and what’s even more astonishing is: while the proposition itself seems quite obvious (at least if you spend at least a little longer than a second to think about… Continue reading Literacy = ! { an on-off switch }

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