Frenchy's, Kat?

Why am I an enormous apostrophe nerd? Here's the Q-n-A that says the Times dropped the apostrophe. [link]

Nope, Robin, Wax Poetic.

Why am I an enormous apostrophe nerd?

Well, you're in good company here!

That's where I go now! Nice peeps.

I dislike the apostrophe, because to me, that indicates a possessive.

Me too.

Is this ad for St. Pauli beer any more offensive than the usual big beer company ads? Because, I'm thinking... no.

Um, no. Heineken's recent campaign (robot girl with a keg where her uterus should be) wins for the most offensive beer ad, in my book.

Well, you're in good company here!

True fact. It's just kind of embarassing how many times I've referred back to that q-n-a since it was originally published.

I'm not super-keen on the St. Pauli ad -- it's only middling on the sexually offensive scale, but it's not my favorite thing ever (not to mention that some beer drinkers are, you know, WOMEN, and ads like that just make me think, "Well, obviously they don't want my money -- I'd better go spend it on a Sam Adams or a Sierra Nevada instead").

The champagne ad really doesn't ping me at all -- ads of the period are full of absinthe fairies and seductive little fruit and grain imps, plus there were actual flesh-and-blood folks like Josephine Baker being all wild and scandalous and performing while wearing lush juicy fruit and not much else. It all feels very, very far removed from current American beer ads.

eta: juliana is right -- that Heineken ad is the very worst of the worst.

Robin, sara didn't get your number and I didn't write it down. If you call right now you can get her on my phone number.

OK - some good news, and need for advice.

A global warming group is having a meeting in Bali prior to the big conference. They are interested enough in the work I've done that they are willing to pay for a plane trick, hotel and meals for me to come. Event though I have to leave Monday, I'm accepting.

Here is the need for advice. They may be able to pay for me attend the actual Bali conference itself. (Think of this as the next Kyoto. But they don't know yet whether they have the money. I'm worried that if I wait longer the ticket will go up beyond what they are providing expenses for. On the other hand it is already Tuesday, the ticket is for a plane leaving Monday the 26th. How likely is it that prices will go up a lot in that time. Especially with the military coup in Indonesia and everything. (I note that in spite of the drop in the dollar tickets from the U.S. to Indonesia are cheaper than they were some months ago.