Posted in Chickens, Grammar, etc., tagged Chickens, Facebook, Signs, Trish (the chicken), Twitter on March 6, 2010| 1 Comment »
Trish wasn’t just a chicken. She was a cottage industry. She had a Facebook page, was the theme for my Twitter account, and the star of this blog. So I’m struggling with how to proceed.
For now, she will remain as the inspiration and theme.
And today, I’ll return to a popular topic: signs.
At a sushi place in the Mall of Georgia, I spotted this bit of loveliness:
Does that “sause” get you soused? Sigh.
Posted in Grammar, etc., tagged Facebook, Peeves, Students on February 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Kristina, a SCAD writing student, for providing tonight’s subject. She reports that the writer of this Facebook status update may be “the dumbest person on the planet.” I don’t know about that, but this person’s post is pretty great in a horrible way.
It is nice to know they give you plants in the emergency room.
Seriously, though …
There are many things I could say about this item, but I like two aspects overall:
Moral of the story: Don’t butcher the language, even on Facebook.
Posted in Random, tagged Bureaucrats, Facebook, Loneliness, Peeves, Politicians, Rage, Soldier support on February 19, 2010| 8 Comments »
This post has nothing to do with chickens, grammar, superheroes, or any of my usual topics. I won’t even talk about my dissertation proposal defense right now. All that stuff pales in comparison to this:
Searching an empty house Feb. 18 in Marja, Afghanistan
The Marine on the right is my nephew, Lt. Mark Greenlief (my husband’s brother’s daughter’s husband, if you can follow the dancing apostrophes). He is executive officer of Bravo Company, part of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment.
Mark and his troops are dealing with a new edict in the war in Afghanistan: no airstrikes unless troops are about to be overrun, or they can prove that there are no civilians around. The reason for the edict is that the Afghan people were starting to withdraw support for the fight against the Taliban because of the civilian casualties. For more information, read this article.
Fine. But that is scary shit (if I can be so crass) for the Marines who are on the front lines.
I don’t care who you voted for or what your political leanings are; there are good people laying their lives on the line because some elected officials told them they had to. No, they didn’t have to join in the first place, but they did because they thought it was the right thing for them to do. And we should be thankful for what they are doing, regardless if we think they should be there in the first place.
Thank you, Mark, and everyone in the armed forces.
Thanks also to the families they left behind. How would you like to have one toddler and be seven months pregnant with the second son, and your husband is off in a sandbox being shot at for who knows how long for people who don’t even seem to know or care about the war? That’s my niece’s life in Camp Lejeune — far away from all her family and his. She’s got her act together enough to manage this Facebook group, which is pretty impressive.
Thank you, Nina, and all the families of the troops.
If all that doesn’t give you a knot in your stomach, then I don’t know what will.
Semper Fi.
Photo credit: http://www.fotoglif.com/f/3ec1v4zmvtfh
Posted in Chickens, tagged Bright ideas, Facebook, Pecking order, Requests, Trish (the chicken) on January 27, 2010| 1 Comment »
Trish the Chicken now has her own Facebook page.
Trish updates her status
Trish is more technologically advanced than any chicken (and many people). Check her out:
Posted in Grammar, etc., tagged Academics, Bright ideas, Facebook, Media, Twitter on November 18, 2009| 2 Comments »
In addition to using Twitter and Facebook to communicate, I use social media to procrastinate. And with all the stuff hanging over my head, I’ve been socializing like crazy.
One of the entities I follow on Twitter is the AP Stylebook, of course. The good folks who maintain the account are running a contest. They want people to tweet their reasons for using the stylebook. The “best” answers win a Stylebook Online subscription.
It was an offer I couldn’t refuse.
After considering many pithy responses, I decided on my go-to prop: the haiku. Here is my submission:
I use it daily
To torture writing students.
Cue evil laughter.
I didn’t know AP Stylebook retweeted my entry until I looked at my @ box and saw my post retweeted by a whole bunch of other people after the AP RT. That’s pretty cool. I hope I win …
My entry retweeted
and retweeted again
Posted in Random, tagged Facebook, Twitter on September 19, 2009| 3 Comments »
My problem with Facebook and Twitter reared its head when I thought about blogging: What do I have to offer that “followers” would find interesting and not be able to get anywhere else? Yes, I could offer the minutiae of my daily life, but who cares about that? But what if that minutiae consisted of grammar advice with a liberal dose of commentary about chickens? Now that’s something different.
So welcome to my blog: Eats, shoots and lays.
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