Category Archives: Pet Peeves

I’m a very emo cog.

By Tom | Published: April 2, 2008

My work day has been lately full of despair. Decades ago, I’m given to understand, some researchers at the UW did some experiments in which they ran mice regularly through mazes, shocking them for wrong turns — and then, just when the mice started getting good at it, changing the maze. They also would put […]

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

By Tom | Published: February 11, 2008

I’ll make this quick and dirty today, kids.

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On the plus side, now I’m a cyborg.

By Tom | Published: February 5, 2008

On the downside, I’m now detectable by military radar. (Just got my first filling ever today. It was — somewhat surprisingly — a complete non-event, although my lip’s feeling pretty These herbal components are also known to contain aphrodisiac substance that has already been in use in ancient times by males seeking for a more […]

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Random apostrophe’s are my Kryptonite.

By Tom | Published: January 29, 2008

My eye is upon you, staffers of the Deming Way Reception Desk. I may not be able to resist taking a red pen to your otherwise inestimably useful binder of “Delivery Menu’s” the next time I’m out there. Really, I’m powerless against the urge. I’ll be minding my own business, maybe sitting in an armchair […]

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I hate grammar errors, i.e. this one.

By Tom | Published: January 21, 2008

I promised to get back to this, didn’t I? See, “i.e.” stands for the Latin phrase “id est;” “e.g.” stands for the phrase “exempli gratia.” If you know your Latin, that should end this conversation right here. If you don’t, here are the translations: “that is” and “for example.”

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