Only 50% of users are between 18 and 49 -- which means a large chunk of the under-18 set is picking up lolspeak when they should be learning English.
Have they thought that maybe a lot of the other 50% are people over 49? Hmmm?
And if they're all concerned over the future of the English language, they should be reminded that the ubiquitous "O.K." is from a brief fad of language mauling back in the 1830s, when newspaper columnists decided to use acronyms for cutesy hick sayings/spellings that they'd make up. "O.K." was short for "Oll Korrect," a spelling that nobody, including hicks, would use, but the elitists thought it was hilariously rube-ish.
I think you actually have to have a decent grasp of English to write a good LOLcat. That's why they're funny.
Flash has disappeared from my work PC's Firefox, thus rendering Scrabulous unplayable!
Oh no!!
Quick, find some legitimate work site you need that requires Flash and tell them to reinstall!
Ugh -- one of my top candidates for the job I'm trying to fill just let me know she has another offer, and they want an answer this week. I have to do a second round of interviews with higher-ups, so I totally can't give her an answer any time soon. I bet she takes the other job. Bah!
The GFY girls are hysterical on the topic of SJP's dress:
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Aww, that sucks, Jesse. Is it that you need the candidates to come back in for a second round?
If it's totally impossible, I say tell her she was one of your top picks, but that you understand--that would've made me feel kick-ass, as an interviewee.
Random note: it has not rained here in a while, and has been lovely. So why, on the day that I"m going to get my haircut and wanted to talk to the stylist about blowing it out straight and how that looks etc, does it rain, so there's no chance of my hair behaving? GRRRR.
I threw together the assiest document ever (it started out as notes and then kinda evolved and I have no graphics skills to speak of and even fewer in word and I could've done a more professional job in CRAYON AND FINGERPAINTS ON A ROLL OF NEWSPRINT forgodssake) and it just got circulated to the group.
Sigh.
And did I mention I'm really busy?
Busy is not as much fun as procrasinatey, is it?
In Celebaby news, how cute is Matilda Ledger?
The review mentioned that you could get a Toyota (the smallest model) for less money that got better gas mileage and had seating for four instead of two....
I've just seen a couple of Smart cars driving around the last couple of days. They are really small. I think I'd go for an old used Honda Civic HX instead, not that it matters since I'd need four seats anyhow. Actually, we're starting to look for old used Honda Civics right now to replace our minivan. The combination of guilt and cost keeps our minivan usage minimal and it seems pointless to have a car we don't drive a lot. The primary objective to find something we can just buy with cash instead of financing.
