How I roll

Whew!  Been so busy.  I hate saying the ubiquitous "well it's that time of year."   But it is.  Thanksgiving has come and gone (for those of us in the US) and now we are on the final countdown to X-mas.  Yay.  Anywho, busy has not meant "living under a rock" and I have seen much to entertain me and plenty to make me scratch my noggin during the in between time.

This for example, amused the snot out of me:

I am disappointed I didn't think of it.  Especially given that one of my all time favorite hobbies is using big words when I know darn well that the person I am conversing with has NO clue what I am saying (sometimes I do this without even realizing it, using a word I think is perfectly universal only to be met with the familiar blank stare).

The thing that makes what I do slightly more evil is the fact that any of the people I do this to could easily either ask what a word means or look it up. How many do you think actually do that?  Not many.  Which is part of what is wrong with the world.  Honestly.  I see something I don't understand, I turn to google, ask someone or pull out the (gasp) dictionary (yes I still own one, stop mocking).  Case in point:  Last night I was reading an article on the heavy winds which hit the Los Angeles area in Southern California.  The reporter said, "the advent of the winds..."  And I thought to myself, "advent, really? That just doesn't sound right."  So I looked up advent.  I discovered that the word means "the arrival of something important or world changing."  The example given was computers. That is pretty much how I defined it in my head.  But, wind?  No matter how damaging?  Not really world altering on a global scale.  So I deemed that the reporter could have stuck with the simple and used "onset."  Why is it though, that I am in the minority?  I just don't understand how some people LIKE walking through life looking like morons.

Speaking of people looking like morons:  I opened Facebook yesterday and came across the following status update:

What is wrong with this commercial statement? "Big ale's loves kids and your kids will love big ale's too" (spelling with name prob wrong, I doont care). Everytime I hear it, I think pedifile...

Uh.  hmm.  The things I could have said here.  If you are going to criticize something or someone else, at least don't make yourself look stupid and entitled by not caring about the spelling.  But it isn't just the name that she didn't care about spelling correctly, she, apparently, didn't give a shit about the rest of the post either.  And BTW, who the FUCK doesn't know how to spell "Al?"  Seriously?  Ale?  If your kids love big ales you have more serious problems than spelling.  Just saying.  Also, pedifile?  I think she meant pedophile, but she could have been talking about getting her toenails filed.  

As a side note, lest you think I am all mean and stuff.  I considered (seriously) submitting this to failblog, but I opted not to.  Instead I kept it anonymous and put it in my anonymous blog (ok AND I emailed three friends, but I did nothing public).  Yes, I am patting myself on the back a little here.  Who knew blogging could make you a better person?  Learn something new everyday, at least if you try to.