Saturday, June 13, 2015
I read this and tucked it away some months ago, and then forgot about it, so I don't have the source or dates any more, but that really doesn't matter. This is the output of professional writers, pro reporters. They were PAID for this blather. Duh.
Immediately unknown? Wow. Birthing? Trains have babies? I suspect they meant "berth", but even then, berth applies to ships, not trains. Speed could be a factor? No kidding! Typo - and/an. Try proofreading.
Regarding the plane that disappeared:
Sigh. Journalism schools ain't what they used to be.
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Go to http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexrees/37-over-the-top-evening-gowns-from-the-2013-miss-world-fashi to see the contestants in the 2013 Miss World pageant, modelling creations from "Indonesia's elite fashion designers". We are told this is not a joke. I don't believe that - those are some of the ugliest dresses ever! Perhaps it was a test for the contestants, to see if they could walk down the runway in an embarrassing dress, and carry it off.
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I had to read this several times to figure out why it confused me: "Most classes fill up quickly, but will be held only if the minimum number of students registers." The problem is that the subject of the sentence is "most classes", so the "will be held" doesn't apply to the subject.
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This one I also found a long time ago. My note on it says "lifehacker". There is a Lifehacker.com, but I don't know for sure that's where I found it. Whatever -- I don't want to lose it.
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I found out a while ago that anyone under 4'10" is legally considered a "little person". Wow. If I were still working, I'd check into what that might mean. Maybe I'd have been able to demand a chair that FIT me.
By the way, I find "little person" offensive. It sounds demeaning, like I am of no consequence.
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I scream inside every time I see or hear "orientate". Paul Niquette has written an excellent short essay on the topic, at http://www.niquette.com/books/101words/orient.htm.
(If you have a little time for browsing and love words, wander around http://www.niquette.com/, click tabs under "Books".)
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I call bullshit!
This argument seems to be starting up again. A lot of people seem to think that a camera catching them doing something illegal is a violation of their privacy, and that the only purpose of traffic cameras is to generate money in the form of fines. Um, if you don't want to pay the fine, don't break the law. And if you don't want the cameras, are you willing to pay taxes high enough to have a referee/cop on every street corner? No? You just want to be free to do whatever you want, whenever you want, wherever you want, as long as Daddy doesn't see you..
I'm all for traffic cameras. Maybe it's the "mother gene" - mothers are all for eyes in the back of their heads.
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Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.
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I read this and tucked it away some months ago, and then forgot about it, so I don't have the source or dates any more, but that really doesn't matter. This is the output of professional writers, pro reporters. They were PAID for this blather. Duh.
Regarding the train derailment at O'Hare airport, "It appears as though the train would have been going faster than a train normally birthing at this station would be," he [the spokesman] said. "Normally a train pulls in at just a couple miles and hour and pulls into the station. Obviously this train did not stop so speed could be a factor here."Further,
"... it was immediately unknown if the train's motorman had some sort of medical problem prior to the crash"
Immediately unknown? Wow. Birthing? Trains have babies? I suspect they meant "berth", but even then, berth applies to ships, not trains. Speed could be a factor? No kidding! Typo - and/an. Try proofreading.
Regarding the plane that disappeared:
"MH370 flew along the southern corridor and it’s last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth," Prime Minister Rajak said at Putra World Trade Centre Monday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sights."It's/its. Sights/sites.
Sigh. Journalism schools ain't what they used to be.
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Go to http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexrees/37-over-the-top-evening-gowns-from-the-2013-miss-world-fashi to see the contestants in the 2013 Miss World pageant, modelling creations from "Indonesia's elite fashion designers". We are told this is not a joke. I don't believe that - those are some of the ugliest dresses ever! Perhaps it was a test for the contestants, to see if they could walk down the runway in an embarrassing dress, and carry it off.
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I had to read this several times to figure out why it confused me: "Most classes fill up quickly, but will be held only if the minimum number of students registers." The problem is that the subject of the sentence is "most classes", so the "will be held" doesn't apply to the subject.
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This one I also found a long time ago. My note on it says "lifehacker". There is a Lifehacker.com, but I don't know for sure that's where I found it. Whatever -- I don't want to lose it.
You don't get very far with silence. You won't always know the right thing to say, and if you say what you think or feel you might get it wrong. That doesn't mean the conversation that follows won't be for the best. Saying the wrong thing can often be the impetus for the right discussion. It's then that you find it's better to say something stupid than nothing at all.Words to speak by.
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I found out a while ago that anyone under 4'10" is legally considered a "little person". Wow. If I were still working, I'd check into what that might mean. Maybe I'd have been able to demand a chair that FIT me.
By the way, I find "little person" offensive. It sounds demeaning, like I am of no consequence.
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I scream inside every time I see or hear "orientate". Paul Niquette has written an excellent short essay on the topic, at http://www.niquette.com/books/101words/orient.htm.
(If you have a little time for browsing and love words, wander around http://www.niquette.com/, click tabs under "Books".)
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"If the referee doesn't call a foul, it's not a foul." People say this about traffic violations. I strongly disagree! That's like saying that if someone wasn't arrested and charged with the murder, then there wasn't a murder.
A few years ago there was a big fuss about traffic tickets being issued based on traffic cameras in Arizona. There were actual real people screaming bloody murder that if a policeman (referee) didn't see them running the stop sign, or the red light, or speeding, then there was no violation!
I call bullshit!
This argument seems to be starting up again. A lot of people seem to think that a camera catching them doing something illegal is a violation of their privacy, and that the only purpose of traffic cameras is to generate money in the form of fines. Um, if you don't want to pay the fine, don't break the law. And if you don't want the cameras, are you willing to pay taxes high enough to have a referee/cop on every street corner? No? You just want to be free to do whatever you want, whenever you want, wherever you want, as long as Daddy doesn't see you..
I'm all for traffic cameras. Maybe it's the "mother gene" - mothers are all for eyes in the back of their heads.
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