come again? March 18, 2008

yes, it’s true; i have many pet peeves.  inappropriate lower-case spelling on blogs is not one of them.  but mispronouncing words is one.  i repeatedly come across folks in the blogosphere who cannot let go of that pesky “s” that keeps magically appearing at the end of “Revelation” (as in the book… of the Bible… you know; the one at the end).  So, to the list:

Words and their common misuses:

1. Valentimne’s Day
2. Psalms such-and-such (i.e. Psalms 81)
3. (The) Revelations (to John)
4. Lib(r)ary
5. From Foolish Sage – the mis-capitalization of ‘biblical’ when used as an adjective.  for example, “i want to have a Biblical world view”. 

strap your innuendo to my innuendo… March 1, 2008

conversation while cooking at a campfire: “[name], you’re on fire.” “you’re not the first to tell me that.”  “really, who else told you that?”  “well, Bruce Springsteen, for one.” “umm, do you know what that song’s about?” “what? it doesn’t have any bad words in it.”

 which brings me to the list of Bruce Springsteen songs that do not have bad words, technically speaking (but still should not be quoted in public by 12-year-old boys):

1. I’m on fire
2. born to run
3. because the night
4. Candy’s room
5. dancing in the dark
6. don’t look back
7. fire
8. i’ll work for your love
9. maria’s bed
10. prove it all night
11. Rosalita
12. secret garden
13. you’ll be coming down