Thursday evening
Since I wrote about it awhile ago, I've discovered that lots of people do searches on how to pronounce Myanmar. I'm sorry that my blog is not more helpful in that regard.
Last month I was stopped at a red light behind a car with two bumper stickers. One said "I'd rather be at a Bon Jovi concert" and the other said "Got Jovi?" The license plate on the car was custom: LUV JOVI. This was one unashamed lover of Bon Jovi. I couldn't decide whether horror or reluctant admiration was my stronger emotion.
Netflix suggested the following movies to me the other night: The Wicker Man and Wicker Park. I didn't know what to think. Even if it could somehow deduce that I had a fondness for wicker (which I don't, especially) still neither of those movies would be helpful in that regard. It reminded me a bit of Patton Oswalt explaining how after he watched a classic Western movie, his TIVO decided to record every single thing it could find (mostly children's shows) that contained horses. Except I never watched anything wicker-related. Maybe Anne of Green Gables had some wicker in an outdoor scene, but that's about it.
In baseball, why is a ball (meaning a pitch that is thrown outside the strike zone) just called a "ball"? That's such a lazy terminology copout.
"Hey, so, when a ball is thrown in this area, we'll call it a strike! But what should we call it when the ball is outside?"
"Hmmm. What about ... a ball?"
"Good thinking! This game is going to be awesome."
It's almost as lame as calling outer space "outer space." Space? Really? Don't even get me started on that one.
Last month I was stopped at a red light behind a car with two bumper stickers. One said "I'd rather be at a Bon Jovi concert" and the other said "Got Jovi?" The license plate on the car was custom: LUV JOVI. This was one unashamed lover of Bon Jovi. I couldn't decide whether horror or reluctant admiration was my stronger emotion.
Netflix suggested the following movies to me the other night: The Wicker Man and Wicker Park. I didn't know what to think. Even if it could somehow deduce that I had a fondness for wicker (which I don't, especially) still neither of those movies would be helpful in that regard. It reminded me a bit of Patton Oswalt explaining how after he watched a classic Western movie, his TIVO decided to record every single thing it could find (mostly children's shows) that contained horses. Except I never watched anything wicker-related. Maybe Anne of Green Gables had some wicker in an outdoor scene, but that's about it.
In baseball, why is a ball (meaning a pitch that is thrown outside the strike zone) just called a "ball"? That's such a lazy terminology copout.
"Hey, so, when a ball is thrown in this area, we'll call it a strike! But what should we call it when the ball is outside?"
"Hmmm. What about ... a ball?"
"Good thinking! This game is going to be awesome."
It's almost as lame as calling outer space "outer space." Space? Really? Don't even get me started on that one.
posted by BeeKay at 7:59 PM
1 Comments:
I love this post. I am just catching up on your old ones because I have been, hmmm...what's a good word for lazy...baseball about reading your blog for some reason.
I know you love the wicker. There is no reason to hide it.
It is so funny that tivo recorded shows with horses in it because that guy watched a western.
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