http://fauxrealtho.com Sat, 17 May 2008 02:04:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was pointed toward the entry on "Grammar" at Stuff White People Like and saw a link to the Wikipedia on the Oxford Comma, a term I've never heard before. Turns out it's nothing more than the serial comma, the thing that makes the difference between sex, drugs, and ... http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/16/reinforcing-the-stereotype/ Ethan's old CD player broke so we went out and got him a new one along with a new CD. Since then he's been playing this song on repeat, and switching between whistling the melody and singing along with an appropriately wistful, rock-ballad-esque vibrato: Next: black fingernail polish, bangin' moustache, ... http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/16/fredd-e-mercur-e/ In chat, Auguste brought up something that I'd never considered, the possibility of LOLtattooz: So, so many possibilities. If you make one I'll post it. http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/16/excellent-trends-that-havent-caught-on-yet/ Today at the office I convinced a coworker to use his clout to write an email to massage an inter-office political situation I'm trying to alleviate (vague enough for you?), and he started the email by writing, "Dear X, the girls in XYZ department are concerned about..." The "girls in XYZ ... http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/16/sweetie-and-girls-periodically/ Chef answered a knock on the door to find the mailwoman on the doorstep looking sheepish. "Can I ask you a weird question?" "Sure." The original picture by the realtor. I'd have a before and after shot if it would STOP RAINING already. She goes on to explain that she's been ... http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/15/the-best-compliment/ ...this would have been fine without the penultimate paragraph. Really. http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/15/you-know/ I swear this primary is little more than a Rorshach test, you see what you see. I still have yet to be convinced either way that Obama is a better candidate than Clinton, or vice versa, because what I still see is a candidate spouting platitudes versus another candidate ... http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/14/curiouser-and-curiouser/ One reason Democrats lose elections is that they think everyone who doesn't think as they do is an idiot that doesn't know what's good for them, breaking voters down into rich, poor, formally educated, informally educated and similar demographics and then equating them with racist, sexist, stupid, and opportunistic. ... http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/14/smrt-vs-l33t/ WTF, Internets? Why are you so quiet? I've got procrastinatin' to do. http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/13/srsly/ Season Four of The L-Word: Except for the addition of Tasha, I heartily agree. http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/05/13/cultural-commentary-with-doug/