Ano Nymous

An anonymous writer for ABC News wrote this:

"In dashboard video from Caban's car, Golden is seen sloshing back and forth in the back seat..."

People don't slosh.  Liquid does.

Link

Dead Ringer

A writer named Rachel Wold wrote this for the website SportsNaut.  It's at the end of the article:

"It should definitely be interesting to see if McNair has any response to to Kluwe's quite opinionated letter that really drags the old owner through the ringer."

Here's the link.

You're Fired!

A Lifestyle writer named Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosel wrote this gem for MSN:

"Another company, YourEDM, caught wind that one of its employees participated in the foolishness, and reportedly posted this message saying that it fired he or she as well."

Yikes!

Cooperation

"Investigators say the person who abandoned the snake could be charged with animal cruelty.  The reptile is now re-cooperating at an animal shelter in Riverside county."

An ABC America This Morning anchor on 10/30/15.  I could not find his name anywhere.

Double Fail

A snapshot of an advertisement for the Maune Raichle Law Firm:

Wow.

The Vocabulary Triad

"This is a bad man. This is a guy who in the death chamber in his last breath spews an obscenity-laced triad against his wife."

Rick Perry, doing his best George W. Bush impression the other day for television reporters.

Coming Home

This huge banner at the University of the Incarnate Word has bugged the hell out of me for some time. Fortunately I had my camera with me yesterday.

While the imperative on this banner is grammatically correct, adjectival use of the word safe is more appropriate in this context.

I suppose the university could be imploring the troops to transport themselves home in a safe manner, but think they’re probably more concerned with the troops’ arrival home in a safe state, i.e. safe, sound and happy (not safely, soundly and happily).

Known

Walsh and May not knowing for their super strong serving game.

Some dope on NBC reporting on the US/Norway beach volleyball of 8/13/08.

WOAI Double Header

Study: Expect less hurricanes
During a 5/18/08 newscast story on the upcoming hurricane season.

Back to Nawlin's
Sports Sunday graphic leading shown while introducing a Spurs/Hornets story.

A Sad State of Affairs

This next submission was received from a friend. The text below was from a college educated, high school teacher in response to my friend's inquiry regarding an assignment being turned in late by his son. This sickens me greatly:

"He could bring everything tomorrow to Rm B-107.
teacher's recommendation are turn in by the teachers not the students.
I will accepted this time.
Thank you"

Sympathy?

One of the other teachers I work with kept telling me all day about the "Sympathy" music she brought for rest time. She was so excited about it and kept talking about it all day long. I had no idea what sympathy music was, so was curious to hear this. Uh yeah....it wasn't sympathy music...it was symphony music. God help us all.

This one's for you, Carlos

Carlos asked me to be a contributor to his post. Shoot. Now I actually have to LISTEN to the jerks around me. Most of his come from newscasters. Yeah, well I don't even have to go that far. Today I walked by the preschool teacher as she was reading a book about peasants. I'm wondering to myself what the heck she's talking about. Kids don't understand peasants. So I started looking at the book she's reading. Hm....It's about birds. She's reading about pheasants.
God help us all.

Essentially?

Another local reporter has earned her place here.

This story was about the death of a city police officer. The cop was sitting on the side of the highway shooting radar when he was rear-ended by a Caprice traveling at about 100mph. The cars exploded and both the drivers died.

The reporter said that the cars exploded into a ball of fire, “essentially ending the life and the career of the officer.”

Huh?

Essentially ending the life and career? Give me a break.

How about this: “The cars exploded, killing both drivers.”

And was it necessary to point out that the officer’s career was ended along with his life? Isn’t everything a person once knew over and done with (i.e “essentially ended”) when he or she dies?

Why didn’t she report that the officer’s marriage had “essentially” ended, or that his membership at Bally’s Fitness had been “essentially” terminated?

That is all.

PS
Didn’t proof read the post this morning...running late for work