Dear H&R Block,
Guys, seriously? If you want me to trust you enough to do my taxes for me, I highly suggest coming up with a more literate ad slogan than "We got people."
It's the English language. I think you're more than capable of mastering an elementary school level of grammar.
So, either change it to "We've got people" or "We got people to call up a CPA to get their taxes done rather than take their chances with tax preparers who probably are unable to read."
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Thesaurus Thursday
For almost a year now, I've noticed an overabundance of the word 'amazing'. And it is truly beginning to piss me off. No, the treats I made were NOT amazing. They were Rice Krispies treats decorated with frosting, for Christ's sake. And if that honestly stops you in wonder, man, you need a HOBBY. The excellent Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus offers up the following as alternatives.
anomalous, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, fantasmo, far out, freakish, gas, heavy, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, monstrous, numinous, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, spectacular, staggering, strange, stupefying, stupendous, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supranatural, thaumaturgic, the utmost, too much, unaccountable, unbelievable, unearthly, unimaginable, unreal, wonderworking, wondrousaces, astonishing, astounding, bang-up, best, breathtaking, cool, crack, dilly, doozie, extravagant, fab, fantastic, fictitious, first class, gone, greatest, groovy, immense, in spades, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mind-blowing, out-of-this-world, outrageous, peachy, phenomenal, primo, prodigious, rad, remarkable, spectacular, striking, stupendous, super, superb, terrific, top drawer, tops, turn-on, unbelievable, unreal, wicked, wondrous
Which raises the question for me, as a New Englander: whatever happened to 'wicked'??
anomalous, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, fantasmo, far out, freakish, gas, heavy, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, monstrous, numinous, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, spectacular, staggering, strange, stupefying, stupendous, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supranatural, thaumaturgic, the utmost, too much, unaccountable, unbelievable, unearthly, unimaginable, unreal, wonderworking, wondrousaces, astonishing, astounding, bang-up, best, breathtaking, cool, crack, dilly, doozie, extravagant, fab, fantastic, fictitious, first class, gone, greatest, groovy, immense, in spades, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mind-blowing, out-of-this-world, outrageous, peachy, phenomenal, primo, prodigious, rad, remarkable, spectacular, striking, stupendous, super, superb, terrific, top drawer, tops, turn-on, unbelievable, unreal, wicked, wondrous
Which raises the question for me, as a New Englander: whatever happened to 'wicked'??
Me, too.
So, the other morning I'm having a smoke with one of my co-workers and I'm telling him about a commercial I saw earlier that morning. The funniest one I have seen in quite a while, and while the humor admittedly is kind of cheap, the tagline describes me to a 'T'. Aforementioned co-worker sent me a link to the commercial this morning.
Click here to be infinitely amused
And with that, Happy Thursday!
Click here to be infinitely amused
And with that, Happy Thursday!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Hello, World!
After a long break from writing, I've decided to scrap my old journal and start fresh here. A warm welcome to anyone that found me here from my former writing spot. I am looking forward to writing again and hope you all enjoy!
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