anacoluthon

anacoluthon \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thon\ , noun:

1. A construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.

2. An instance of anacoluthia.

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I'd like to take the spammers who hit this blog every now and then and cut their - off and then feed the  - to the - hogs.

The Weight - The Band

Dedicated to myself, because I just got a big load off my mind and back.

catachresis

catachresis cat·a·chre·sis [kat-uh-kree-sis]

noun

misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.

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I don't understand why people mix their metaphors.

I mean...it's not exactly rocket surgery, is it?

Let 'er Rip!

From the archives.

Yakety Yak

You Love to Talk About Current Events

You are an admitted news and political junkie. You pride yourself on knowing what's going on in the world. You prefer to talk with people who are equally up on current events. You think there are a lot of important things to discuss. You get bored easily, and you prefer to always be discussing new things with your friends. You feel like it's easy to get in a conversation rut. You are the type most likely to bring up new and interesting topics of conversation. You always have something fascinating to talk about.

What Do You Love to Talk About?

Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

Yakety Yak - The Coasters

A Big Difference

Here lately my spam folder has been deluged with more of what I call "wanna hook up?" scam emails.  I've been deleting them because they're basically all the same and don't have photos with them as have the others I've posted here on my blog.  It's a lot easier to poke fun at them when there's a (fake) face behind the (fake) name.

That said, I happened to open this one up instead of deleting it; here's what it said:

Simona Viola fwuinbhcpr@wellfs.com

Meow honey,

I saw your photo in the social network and realized that we live in the same town.

How about spending a couple of hot weekends together and having fun without any needless questions? ;-)

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With kisses,
Simona Viola
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I'm not going to write her back, but if I did it would be something like this:

Dear Simona,

In the first place, I don't belong to any social networks besides Facebook and Twitter...and I don't even check my Twitter account.

What's up with the "meow honey" salutation?  I like cats, but if I'm scratched by one around here, I can always put a little alcohol on the wound.  You'd probably give me something penicillin couldn't cure.  Is that supposed to be some sort of veiled reference to what you're offering me?   I guess so, what with wanting to spend a "couple of hot weekends together".  There'd have to be a question or two I'm sure, such as "How much do you charge?" and "Did you see my specially made condom I brought?  You know, the one made from a truck tire inner tube."

Also, the last I checked, the town I lived in was in the Panhandle of Texas, not in Central America.   Panama, huh?  I thought ships entered the canal, not you.

Sorry, Simona, I think I'll have to pass.  I might be stupid when sizing up women, but I know Shinola from Viola.