Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen shares her extremely diluted opinion of herself in an interview accompanying her September Teen Vogue cover.Oh, Perez. How you manage to be so popular despite your terrible, terrible writing remains a mystery. The word is "deluded." It's probably a good one for you to know.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Perez Hilton: Vizzini Alert
From his blog:
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
'Drink Drivers'? Or Drunk Editors?
Oops.
That would be drunk. DRUNK.
Source: a local newspaper that recently laid off a good chunk of its staff.
UPDATE: A couple of people have written to let me know that in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, it's "drink driving." That is all jolly good/bollocks/brilliant for them. In the United States, though, it's drunk or drunken driving. SPOGG's clumsy point was that newspapers that lay off copy editors and fill their pages with wire copy will have all sorts of goofy things in their pages. Now back to our grammartini...
NZ judge rejects drink [sic] driver's swine flu defense
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A New Zealand woman had a novel defense when she appeared in court on a drunk-driving charge: It was swine flu's fault.
That would be drunk. DRUNK.
Source: a local newspaper that recently laid off a good chunk of its staff.
UPDATE: A couple of people have written to let me know that in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, it's "drink driving." That is all jolly good/bollocks/brilliant for them. In the United States, though, it's drunk or drunken driving. SPOGG's clumsy point was that newspapers that lay off copy editors and fill their pages with wire copy will have all sorts of goofy things in their pages. Now back to our grammartini...
Punk Rock Paint review
The genius behind Punk Rock Paint has reviewed our book, THINGS THAT MAKE US SIC. Check out the SPOGG baseball card. We're honored!
Monday, July 27, 2009
The Trouble with Omitting Apostrophes
The Boston Globe ran a story on apostrophes today that contained this paragraph:
One that bugs him is the name of a mountain whose shape is so iconic that it's stamped on the state quarter: Camels Hump. Trouble is, leaving the apostrophe out of the first word runs the risk of making the second look like a verb, creating what Sanford called an "unfortunate" image.
Amen, even if camels are entitled to their carnal pleasures, too. Read the whole story, if you'd like.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Typo Scuttles Launch
This caught our eye today:
Is it just us, or should the "after" above actually read "before"? We're not rocket scientists, but can you stop something that's already happened? Is there a difference between launch and liftoff? Space cadets want to know.
July 22, 1962: Mariner 1 Done In by a Typo
By Tony Long July 22, 2009 12:00 am
When The New York Times copy desk lets a typo slip through, it’s embarrassing but no one gets hurt. When NASA programmers screw up, the consequences are a tad more dramatic, not to mention expensive. In this case, a “missing hyphen” in code forces mission control to abort the launch of the unmanned Mariner 1 probe less than five minutes after liftoff. (Read more.)
Is it just us, or should the "after" above actually read "before"? We're not rocket scientists, but can you stop something that's already happened? Is there a difference between launch and liftoff? Space cadets want to know.
The Case of the Incognito Photographer
We wonder what "Gerry" has done that requires him to talk about himself with unnecessary quotation marks--as if he really isn't "Gerry," but some other character just using the name for kicks and "giggles."
Maybe he's doing time for quotation mark "abuse" and is using an alias to protect his true identity. Yes, that's most likely it. It's a "shame." Grammar jail means hard time, people, especially if the semicolon decides to make you her bi--oh, never mind.
Nice photos, though.
Maybe he's doing time for quotation mark "abuse" and is using an alias to protect his true identity. Yes, that's most likely it. It's a "shame." Grammar jail means hard time, people, especially if the semicolon decides to make you her bi--oh, never mind.
Nice photos, though.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Doggoneit!
"Bow-wow-tique, I could understand," writes the sensational artist Jaime Temairik, who sent us this photo.
She makes an excellent point. We excuse all sorts of creative spellings when puns are involved. But "ice cream" as one word? No. Never. Or at least not yet.
The only word they got right on this sign was "bakery, which our relentless punster wishes they'd made "barkery."
This sign, people. Perhaps it's catty of us to mention, but it's a total dog.
Misspelled Tattoos
The first one says "Only God will juge me." Maybe so. But everyone else will judge your spelling.
Check out all the unfortunate and hilarious misspellings here.
If you like those, there are 10 more. (Our favorite: the come-hither bosom tattoo that says "beautiful tradgedy," though "imermanence is forever" wins the irony award.
Thanks to Jessica for the links.
Check out all the unfortunate and hilarious misspellings here.
If you like those, there are 10 more. (Our favorite: the come-hither bosom tattoo that says "beautiful tradgedy," though "imermanence is forever" wins the irony award.
Thanks to Jessica for the links.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wonder What They Were Selling
And this is why newspapers shouldn't lay off all their copy editors...
Ballard businesses file lawsuit challenging Burke-Gilman Trail extensionThe word here should have been "pedaling."
By Lindsay Toler
Seattle Times staff reporter
Two cyclists peddling along the docks in Ballard stop and ask two maritime-industry workers leaning against a truck for directions to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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