Ow.

Nov. 22nd, 2009 11:17 am
agilebrit: (Don't make me beat you in the name of gr)
Snorting mocha out one's nose is painful.

Several groups trying to re-ignite New England's faith are theologically conservative, such as the Southern Baptists, Presbyterian Church in America and the Conservative Baptists' Mission Northeast. They say a reason for the region's hollowed-out faith is a pervasive theology that departs from traditional Biblical interpretation on issues such as the divinity of Jesus, the exclusivity of Christianity as a path to salvation and homosexuality.


Via [livejournal.com profile] supergee at [livejournal.com profile] cranky_editors, who got it via Yahoo.

And this is why you can have my serial comma when you pry it from my cold, dead keyboard.

In other news, had a productive meeting with my Writing Buddy last night. I really need to get myself back on track vis Janni's part in this whole thing, and I need to flesh out the middle of the end as well. I think I have too much there there, and not enough there in other places, and I've not dealt with the wreckage of Ben's psyche as well as I need to, because there's stuff that came up in the prison that needs to come up again on the yacht. Seriously, I don't think you get over wanting to die as much as Ben wanted to die in a day just because your circumstances change. Even if it's a big change.

It's sitting at just over 123K right now. This is bad. This is very, very bad. I'm going to have to take a chainsaw to it...

Ow.

Nov. 22nd, 2009 11:17 am
agilebrit: (Don't make me beat you in the name of gr)
Snorting mocha out one's nose is painful.

Several groups trying to re-ignite New England's faith are theologically conservative, such as the Southern Baptists, Presbyterian Church in America and the Conservative Baptists' Mission Northeast. They say a reason for the region's hollowed-out faith is a pervasive theology that departs from traditional Biblical interpretation on issues such as the divinity of Jesus, the exclusivity of Christianity as a path to salvation and homosexuality.


Via [livejournal.com profile] supergee at [livejournal.com profile] cranky_editors, who got it via Yahoo.

And this is why you can have my serial comma when you pry it from my cold, dead keyboard.

In other news, had a productive meeting with my Writing Buddy last night. I really need to get myself back on track vis Janni's part in this whole thing, and I need to flesh out the middle of the end as well. I think I have too much there there, and not enough there in other places, and I've not dealt with the wreckage of Ben's psyche as well as I need to, because there's stuff that came up in the prison that needs to come up again on the yacht. Seriously, I don't think you get over wanting to die as much as Ben wanted to die in a day just because your circumstances change. Even if it's a big change.

It's sitting at just over 123K right now. This is bad. This is very, very bad. I'm going to have to take a chainsaw to it...
agilebrit: (Tony Stark--Anteaters)
Badly is an adverb. So to say you feel badly would be saying that the mechanism which allows you to feel is broken. --Harmony Faith Lane, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," 2005

So, the "badly is an adverb, feel is a verb" debate hits Encarta, gets picked up by Smart Bitches, and sends me into a fit of giggles.

I love the internets.

Who taught you grammar? Badly's an adverb. Get out. Vanish. --Perry van Shrike, same movie.

(x-posted to [livejournal.com profile] kkissbbang)
agilebrit: (Tony Stark--Anteaters)
Badly is an adverb. So to say you feel badly would be saying that the mechanism which allows you to feel is broken. --Harmony Faith Lane, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," 2005

So, the "badly is an adverb, feel is a verb" debate hits Encarta, gets picked up by Smart Bitches, and sends me into a fit of giggles.

I love the internets.

Who taught you grammar? Badly's an adverb. Get out. Vanish. --Perry van Shrike, same movie.

(x-posted to [livejournal.com profile] kkissbbang)
agilebrit: (D'Argo -- Anteaters)
Hey, Fox network? Yeah, I'm loving the promos for "Drive," really, I am. However, the word "kidnaped," contrary to all normal spelling conventions, is one of those pesky words that doesn't adhere to, um, normal spelling conventions. One p, please. No matter how wrong it looks.

And these are supposed to be professionals...

ETA: Nevermind. Apparently both spellings are correct and my WordPerfect spellchecker is on crack. *is suitably embarrassed*
agilebrit: (D'Argo -- Anteaters)
Hey, Fox network? Yeah, I'm loving the promos for "Drive," really, I am. However, the word "kidnaped," contrary to all normal spelling conventions, is one of those pesky words that doesn't adhere to, um, normal spelling conventions. One p, please. No matter how wrong it looks.

And these are supposed to be professionals...

ETA: Nevermind. Apparently both spellings are correct and my WordPerfect spellchecker is on crack. *is suitably embarrassed*
agilebrit: (sod off)
Well. My sis put a bug in my ear about rape kits, so I decided to peruse the West Jordan (Utah) Police Department's victim assistance website. And if there was any question about us homeschooling Da Boy, those have been magically wiped away. Check this out:

Domestic violence is the majority of our cases, we work both with men and woman but the largest population is woman.

Yes, I'm a Grammar Nazi. I took the test and Hitler's picture came up. But there are so many things wrong with that sentence, I can't even start to catalogue them. I just want to ask one thing: Is there just one woman in Utah, being victimized over and over again by different men? Who writes this garbage? I could do better than that when I was in sixth grade.

Here's another gem:
We work with victims from all kinds of crisis and disasters. With cases of violent crimes for example assault with physical injuries, rape and sexual assault and aggravated crimes, we do immediate crisis counseling and then work with the victims to help get there medical bills paid, help them get into therapy and help them through the criminal justice systems.

Yep. That's all one sentence. And what a crappy sentence it is, too. And this is the official website of my fair city. You think I'm letting them anywhere near my kid with a book? Not on your life.
agilebrit: (sod off)
Well. My sis put a bug in my ear about rape kits, so I decided to peruse the West Jordan (Utah) Police Department's victim assistance website. And if there was any question about us homeschooling Da Boy, those have been magically wiped away. Check this out:

Domestic violence is the majority of our cases, we work both with men and woman but the largest population is woman.

Yes, I'm a Grammar Nazi. I took the test and Hitler's picture came up. But there are so many things wrong with that sentence, I can't even start to catalogue them. I just want to ask one thing: Is there just one woman in Utah, being victimized over and over again by different men? Who writes this garbage? I could do better than that when I was in sixth grade.

Here's another gem:
We work with victims from all kinds of crisis and disasters. With cases of violent crimes for example assault with physical injuries, rape and sexual assault and aggravated crimes, we do immediate crisis counseling and then work with the victims to help get there medical bills paid, help them get into therapy and help them through the criminal justice systems.

Yep. That's all one sentence. And what a crappy sentence it is, too. And this is the official website of my fair city. You think I'm letting them anywhere near my kid with a book? Not on your life.

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