I just had a Tropical Punch Crush in a glass bottle. Holy nom nom nom, Lolcatz!

I'm sorry, Dana. I hope it's nothing serious.

Yes, it would be nice to know, rather than finding out from FACEBOOK and having to wonder.

I'm being irrationally angry, I know. And yet, knowing that doesn't stop my being angry.

I missed the grammar smackdown! Cry!

Here, how's this: splitting infinitives is only a problem in English because a bunch of English dudes who were studying Latin thought English should be more like Latin. In Latin, an infinitive is all one word, thus it is impossible to split it without just making up some nonsense words...

So, as a Latin scholar aware of this, I feel free to indiscriminately split infinitives non-stop.

I don't know that's irrationally angry, Dana. I mean, unless you are really freaking out and breaking things and/or hurting people....

I had no idea their regular turkey flavor soda wasn't vegetarian. EW.

I had no idea they had a turkey flavour drink. EW.

it would be nice to know, rather than finding out from FACEBOOK and having to wonder

That is a horrible way to find out. I hope you can get some information more personally soon.

My sister and I found out via a Facebook friend request that a cousin was undergoing a FTM transition--my mother knew and hadn't said anything because it hadn't come up in conversation. Thanks, mother. I found it perfectly simple news to blurt out to my father over dinner. Pork chops, if memory serves.

I'm sorry, Dana, that sucks.

But you should have paypal shortly! I know it's a small thing, but I really love the Bible. It's got more study than Bible in some places! And it's better than the notes in my last Bible, which didn't believe in the Bible. While I appreciated its academia and snarky social commentary, I feel that possibly my Bible should believe in the Bible. Anyway, it's great. Only problem is that I spent a good bit of the sermon Sunday rabbit-trailing on the awesome cross references.

And Perkins! You should also have paypal coming. Hopefully it will work this time. Thanks so much for the clothes, especially the dress which is gorgeous!

It's awesome that you love the Bible, Liese. I'm glad it found a good home, and I don't have to worry about being smited for giving a Bible to Goodwill.

xkcd today: heh [link]

I don't have to worry about being smited for giving a Bible to Goodwill.

I would think that this would be considered an act of charity, and thus not smiteworthy. (Although I guess it is faith and not works that counts in smiting maybe?)

Okay, I have no strong feelings one way or another on this story, but I have to love this response from one of the students:

"I find it hard to believe that an English class that teachs Shakespear would have a problem with another graffic story such as the one the teacher handed out. Granted Taming of the Shrew didn't involve a carrot up the butt but still."