I’m going to let y’all in on a little secret. I’m not real into chick flicks. That’s right. I said it. You can revoke my chick card now. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy one every once in awhile. And there are a few I really love (*sigh* “Return to Me”). It’s just obnoxious [...]
This weekend, we participated in a popular Texas summertime ritual: the river trip. For those who aren’t familiar, this involves gathering 20 of your closest friends (or in our case - twelve) and spending the weekend floating the Guadalupe and/or Comal River.
River trips often require an amazing amount of planning and logistics because coordinating a [...]
That’s right: two posts in less than 24 hours. Can you handle it?
I just got this email with strange foreign mistranslations, and I thought they were hilarious. I threw in a few pictures from Engrish.com in there as well. Enjoy!
Here are some interesting mistranslations:
In a Belgrade elevator:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. [...]
So I’m in the process of rewriting bios for everyone at my office to post on our Web site. In order to make them shorter, consistent, and more fun to read, I made a questionnaire for everyone to fill out. One of those questions was: “What is one thing that not many people know about [...]
As many of you know, I am what you call a grammar Nazi word nerd. I guess it’s because I’ve been a writer for so long, and I deal with the English language for a living.
I think my passionate hatred for bad grammar, spelling and punctuation escalated when I worked in the writing center of [...]
In an attempt to keep myself occupied on Sunday afternoon while hubby is gone, I decided to do something I don’t do very often - I went shopping. By the end of the day, I was reminded why I don’t typically do this alone. My neurotic side came out in full force. There were things [...]
One thing I’ve learned in nearly five years of marriage is that it’s important to pick your battles. When your spouse is dead set on trying something outlandish, as long as it’s legal, let it go. You’ll both be happier because of it.
That being said, my husband is on his way to San Marcos for [...]
It occurred to me that if someone were to read through my chat log with hubby, they may come away with interesting ideas about me/us. An example:
me: so what’s this dream you’re talking about
Ryan: i was in a date auction - but i didn’t know it until I didn’t get chosen - I was roofing [...]
My dad has what your might call a trademark. If someone were to give a physical description of him, it might include his ever-present Tilley hat or his height, but it would definitely include his mustache. He has had a handlebar mustache since the early 70s.
It was there when I was in diapers…
It was there [...]
So Saturday is my ten year high school reunion. I used to get excited about that sort of thing, but I kind of dread it now.
I can think of two reasons. First, the planning of said reunion was kind of dumped in my lap at one point and we had to cancel it a couple [...]