Jul. 23rd, 2011

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Marvelous article on the use of the serial or Oxford comma here http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/06/30/137525211/going-going-and-gone-no-the-oxford-comma-is-safe-for-now

The Bachelorette examples were particularly funny. "It's perhaps not surprising that a comma that can singlehandedly create human beings can also get people pretty wound up."

But this was the best (capslocks in original post):

AND NO THAT DOESN'T MAKE "IRREGARDLESS" OKAY AND STOP USING "LITERALLY" TO MEAN "FIGURATIVELY" I AM BEGGING YOU.

I need to share this link with the fandom grammar people. It is made of awesome.
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Now why didn't we have science experiments like this when I was in high school?

How to turn an orange peel into a mini-flamethrower

With bonus video. It's a very small flamethrower.

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