I played with my first iPhone this weekend. Turns out I do want one. Despite everything negative. I want one. Now. So does Grant. We are smitten. We are no longer interested in each other. We are only interested in this device. But considering how cheap I am about paying for things like contract-termination fees,… Continue reading I take it all back.
Author: Virginia
Why I won’t be getting an iPhone
After reading Pogue and Mossberg and others mouthing off about the iPhone, I’m intrigued, but not actually interested in buying one yet. For two incredibly simple reasons: 1) You can’t copy and paste text. 2) The “period” key is on a different keyboard from the letters, so in order to punctuate your sentences, you have… Continue reading Why I won’t be getting an iPhone
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First of all, when the phone extensions are five digits long, you know you work in a bigass company. Ahem: I forgot my badge AGAIN this morning. That would be, probably the 5th time in the past month – and I’ve NEVER forgotten my badge until the past month. Moving has been rough – I… Continue reading x60000
Yes, Virginia, there is a Doppelgänger
So this weekend was Grant’s birthday party, and months ago he’d specified that he wanted to go to this awesome Brazilian place where they carve slabs of meat on long skewers onto your plate with sword-like blades, and it’s generally very badass and awesome. It’s also pretty busy – so I made a reservation about… Continue reading Yes, Virginia, there is a Doppelgänger
2007 “Best Safety Link” nomination
And the award goes to… http://www.animatedknots.com/
Linguistic Innovation
Just the other day, I overheard someone saying that he “sunk up with [a coworker]” about a certain issue at a meeting. HA! Right, because “synchronize (up)” shortens to “sync (up)” which sounds like the verb sink, past tense sunk… God. That would make a great paper topic, “Syntactical innovation with verbal homonyms” or something.… Continue reading Linguistic Innovation
Paint It Black
No, this isn’t a tribute to Mick and the Stones. Grant and I are painting basically everything we own black. Okay, not EVERYTHING, but we bought a gorgeous dining room set that’s black, and we’re trying to tie in a bunch of other furniture of various bleh shades and make it all match and look… Continue reading Paint It Black
Plastic Sucks
Aaaah. I’ve been whining about how I hate plastic for ages, but finally, some hard evidence in agreement that hasn’t been inaccurately discredited by Snopes.com!* A webcomic I read recently linked to this article, which I think all you Imaginary Readers plus everyone else in the world should read. Why? Well, mostly because even knee-jerk… Continue reading Plastic Sucks
I’m the host with the most
So I’ve been sick on and off for almost a month now, in a weird stomach-but-not-flu way that comes and goes unexpectedly and sporadically, and kind of zapped my appetite and ability to really enjoy food, and whose effects never seemed to last more than about a day. And since I’m unusually succeptible to food… Continue reading I’m the host with the most
More linguistic diversity
Some more Catalan words for which we have no exact equivalent (and keep in mind this is just a SMALL sampling): camaleònic – chameleon-like ignÃvom – that vomits fire (I assume this is akin to fire-breathing? But no, they don’t have to compound to express that concept, there’s a WHOLE WORD for it!) galamó –… Continue reading More linguistic diversity