The Daily News
1 Department of Corrections: Thank goodness for my dear friend and confidante Trami. Yesterday's DN contained a screamingly blatant error, and Trami was sweet enough to
correct it for me.
2 I had referred to Northern California in the short form of
"No-cal". The correction should say "Nor-cal".
3 Boy, am I ever stupid.
4 If you were REALLY vigilant, you would instantly have noticed the wrong choice of "their" in my 21st item. Take a look:
21 Guys who add "Jr." or "II" to there names in programs: snobby.
For whatever reason, the Creators of the Language decided
long ago to form one "there" with the "ei" arrangement so that millions of English teachers would have a bit more to do.
4 Well, I used the wrong form yesterday, and it hopefully slipped by a whole bunch of you.
5 So thanks Tramsta; you have my back man. And to others, how'd you let me get away with that one? Ah, because the standards have dipped. Well, I appreciate it Trami. Nice to see that some people are still interested in correctness. I misplace modifiers like some guys can't bowl.
6 That somehow makes sense, not sure how, but it sort of does.
7 Moving on: I love the fact that Bush doesn't know when people are insulting him. His new press secretary, commentator Tony Snow, once said of Bush, "No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives."
7 Bush's reply: "Aw shucks, I'm not THAT impotent. There are people much more impotent than me. Why I think the guy who milks a cow is just as impotent as a doctor delivering a baby."
8 Okay, he DIDN'T say that, but you must admit you THOUGHT he did. And that of itself is pretty darned scary.
9 Nice to know that we have Snow, one of Rupert Murdoch's cronies, in the position of telling the American people what it do.
10 What it do.
11 I complained yesterday to my students that I no longer understand the English language.
12 I said you need learn only four words, and any terrorist could stroll right through sannozay undetected. Those include the words bitch, it, what, and do. From there, they can slip past anyone undetected.
14 For example, if they feel homeland peeps is watching, they just need simply to shout with a mouthful of marbles,
"Bitch what it do, bitch!"
and drop their hands to the front of their pants and freeze for a billionth of a second. If their hat is on stupidly crooked, and their pants belted somewhere near their kneecaps, they'll pass as about a million knuckleheads you see walking around here on a daily basis.
15 I'm developing a twitch, man, I swear.
16 What it do.
17 I swear. People actually say that to one another
18 Moving on: The Warrior Idol talent show goes up tonight at 7 p.m. I sat in on rehearsal last night and enjoyed a surprise evening in which kids strutted their stuff up there. I look forward to tonight's presentation.
19 What it do.
20 Peace.
~H~
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