Quote of the Day

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Dear English-speaking reader. (…)

I had received the following spam comment which was sort of refreshing after the “Hi Jane! (…)

Now, this is why I stick to PCs:

[Ctrl Alt Del]
I recommend reading all of Ctrl+Alt+Del. The comics are wonderfully geeky.

The instructions above the textarea in the WP forums states
Put code in between `backticks`.
People have hard time understanding and/or following this. (…)

This morning I heard an ad on the radio for footstep counters:
(…) askelmittari — askeleen edellä tarkkuudessa
“(…) step counter — one step ahead in accuracy”

Lookie what I found! I was trying to figure out if ‘out’ is a preposition or an adverb (still couldn’t decide), and just happened to run into that. Good dictionary, I have to say.

I just love it how Stephen King sometimes refers to himself in his work (my emphasis)
Frank’s niece, Bobbi Anderson, lived on the Garrick place now — not that she farmed, of course; she wrote books. (…)

The small boy sniffs the air. His narrow eyes, shiny as those of a rodent, slide sideways to Dr. Lecter’s lunch. He speaks with the piercing voice of a competitive sibling:
“Hey, Mister. (…)

Quote of the Day
(…) the first mosquito of the new season buzzes blood-thirstily past your ear with that eye-watering hum that always makes you think it’s the sound loonies must hear just before they kill all their kids or close their eyes on the Interstate and put the gas pedal to the floor or tighten their toe on the trigger of the .30-.30 they just jammed into their quackers (…)
— ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Word of the Day: Discombobulate — to cause to be unclear in mind or intent; confuse
On the search page I added the list of categories a post belongs to. (…)

I couldn’t NOT post these lyrics. I heard this song just earlier today (read: yesterday) and it just fits so perfectly. (…)