Take Your Job and…

I keep getting text messages from someones who ask if I am looking for work. These could be legitimate messages, though I have suspected they are not. The most recent exchange suggests: not. Yesterday this occurred: I thought that would be the end of it. Today this happens. Apparently “Jessica” doesn’t understand the difference betweenContinue reading “Take Your Job and…”

Old Fashioned Speller

Maybe spelling, grammar, and accuracy just don’t matter anymore. Maybe no one cares if “Paris in the the Spring” has two “the’s.” Who really needs punctuation when texting? Of course I think we all do. Do you want me to understand what you’re trying to say? Then proofread. And nowhere is this lack of careContinue reading “Old Fashioned Speller”

A Fatwa on the Patois

I had a dream last night in which I was flipping through a number of documents. Each seemed to have at least one typo or misspelled word. One of these was “agressive” and I found this particularly annoying. While it didn’t occur in this dream, I’ve been seeing too many badly worded instructions from ChineseContinue reading “A Fatwa on the Patois”