Friday, July 18, 2008

"The Dark Knight" review missed opportunity

The review headline in the "Austin-American Statesman" for "The Dark Knight" called it a "Fierce Tour de Force." Hello? How about a "Tour de Fierce?"

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I and I, bye and bye

I've noticed a trend in people breaking the rule that "I" comes last when using multiple subjects. "I and Uma built a tower, which fell over because of our poor grammar."

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Don't use words you don't understand


"If you go to Google Trends and track the number of times it is mentioned, the curve is almost algorithmic from a year and a half ago."

Emphasis mine. I guess his ignorance will keep him from being embarrassed by it. I'd be pretty embarrassed. But I'd like to think I wouldn't try so hard to sound smart, either. I'd probably just say "very steep."

Hey, there's another dumb thing in the article: "A steampunk fantasy game, Edge of Twilight, will be introduced by Xbox 360 and PlayStation next year."



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