I meant to post this a few days ago. A friend shared this link and it excited me to no end, as a friend of mine had already explained why we use "x-mas" in place of "Christmas". Prior to his telling me, I did not know and am so glad that someone wrote about it. Get it right, people, and stop causing controversy over nothing!
What does 'x-mas' mean?
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Grammar Correction of the Day
This one is my pet peeve of a non-contraction: WANNA.
Let me tell you something about the non-word, "WANNA"; it's a contraction without the apostrophe. I'll get on the apostrophes in a later post. However, I have to clarify the correct use of the fake word, WANNA.
It's a contraction of "want to", however, many people use it as a contraction for "want a". It's not. It makes me a little nuts to even see intelligent people make this mistake. In reality, you are typing more/using more characters when you type "wanna" when you meant "want a" than if you were meaning to type "want to".
I wanna go home soon, but watching District 9 is making me want a steak!
Let me tell you something about the non-word, "WANNA"; it's a contraction without the apostrophe. I'll get on the apostrophes in a later post. However, I have to clarify the correct use of the fake word, WANNA.
It's a contraction of "want to", however, many people use it as a contraction for "want a". It's not. It makes me a little nuts to even see intelligent people make this mistake. In reality, you are typing more/using more characters when you type "wanna" when you meant "want a" than if you were meaning to type "want to".
I wanna go home soon, but watching District 9 is making me want a steak!
Bah humbug!
In light of my being trapped in the hellhole of Little Elm, I am sharing some holiday worthy lists:
50 funniest celeb quotes of the decade. I somehow hadn't noticed that the decade was ending.
10 most depressing Christmas songs. While I am in a totaly Scrooge mood, people need to stop hatin' on "Last Christmas". Sad songs have to include sad music, too!
Patton Oswalt's 'Christmas Shoes' animation. Big time, awesome BAH HUMBUG!
50 funniest celeb quotes of the decade. I somehow hadn't noticed that the decade was ending.
10 most depressing Christmas songs. While I am in a totaly Scrooge mood, people need to stop hatin' on "Last Christmas". Sad songs have to include sad music, too!
Patton Oswalt's 'Christmas Shoes' animation. Big time, awesome BAH HUMBUG!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Grammar correction of the day
My involvement in the online community has driven me to offer grammar lessons to those less fortunate asses that don't know even the basic rules of the one and only language that they speak.
Correction of the day: using "of" where "have" should be. For instance, you *should have* studied more in English class, because "of" is an adverb or prepositon!
No, really. When you contract the words, you don't write "should'f". You write "should've"; the "apostrophe-v-e" is a clue to the word that was contracted. The negative follows the same pattern, did you notice? You wouldn't type "should not of", now would you? The same goes for "would" and "could".
Here's a quick trick: if the phrase is followed by a past tense verb, you would use "have", which is the specific helping verb for imperfect past, and present perfect tenses. Think of it this way: if you had gone out in the rain and were stuck in a restaurant for 13 hours, you might think that you should have stayed home!
Correction of the day: using "of" where "have" should be. For instance, you *should have* studied more in English class, because "of" is an adverb or prepositon!
No, really. When you contract the words, you don't write "should'f". You write "should've"; the "apostrophe-v-e" is a clue to the word that was contracted. The negative follows the same pattern, did you notice? You wouldn't type "should not of", now would you? The same goes for "would" and "could".
Here's a quick trick: if the phrase is followed by a past tense verb, you would use "have", which is the specific helping verb for imperfect past, and present perfect tenses. Think of it this way: if you had gone out in the rain and were stuck in a restaurant for 13 hours, you might think that you should have stayed home!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Adding to the blogroll
I have found a great article for some important things women should know about their men and sexual needs. I am enjoying his blog but I thought this one was important to share:
http://jesusneedsnewpr.blogspot.com/2009/08/ladies-stuff-that-being-true-about-your.html
http://jesusneedsnewpr.blogspot.com/2009/08/ladies-stuff-that-being-true-about-your.html
Updating the links
My reader is overflowing with updates from nerdom to music news. It's about time I put some up.
The Vatican makes mixtapes. Yeah. Click the link to see what songs they play.
Build your own iPod/iPhone dock. It's cool. I want to do it.
Windows 7 still fails. Users air their grievances about the OS but still say it's better than Vista.
Smashing Pumpkins' new song is available to DL. I just heard about this Billy Corgan/Jessica Simpson nonsense so he's kind of on my shitlist right now.
Six of the worst processed foods.Yummy!
Sigur Ros frontman releases solo single
Monday, December 14, 2009
Quick Links
Not anything too major, but incidentally, as the LotR anniversary approaches, there is a small theme:
Tobey Maguire in talks to play Bilbo in The Hobbit.I love Tobey. I do. However, I have my doubts about this...
and on the heels of the former, a nice little LotR spoof.
Tom Waits is Lord of the Rings. Well. I want to know more about this.
LotR will be available on Blu Ray this spring.
In non-Lord of the Rings clips:
Bobby McFerrin teaches us scales. Most people on Earth know him for "Don't Worry, Be Happy", but he has released many jazz albums over the years and he has an amazing knowledge of music. This short clip of him is amazing and I want to find more info about the program.
Tobey Maguire in talks to play Bilbo in The Hobbit.I love Tobey. I do. However, I have my doubts about this...
and on the heels of the former, a nice little LotR spoof.
Tom Waits is Lord of the Rings. Well. I want to know more about this.
LotR will be available on Blu Ray this spring.
In non-Lord of the Rings clips:
Bobby McFerrin teaches us scales. Most people on Earth know him for "Don't Worry, Be Happy", but he has released many jazz albums over the years and he has an amazing knowledge of music. This short clip of him is amazing and I want to find more info about the program.
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