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My Business Communications quiz pissed me off so much I ate half a box of donuts and watched Futurama ’til I felt dizzy. Tomorrow it’s an Intro to Biz exam, then Accounting homework Thursday, and a writing assignment and two little quizzes sometime this weekend. Why am I doing this, again?? ———————————————————————- * Will Lay [...]

Part two of our Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell casting wishlist. Jonathan Strange Character: Arrogant, impatient, brilliant magician who befriends Mr. Norrell. Strange struggles under Norrell’s theory-based tutelage, but eventually rises to fame as the Duke of Wellington’s secret weapon against Napoleon Buonaparte. He’s awkward, doesn’t read people (or signs of danger) well, and fakes [...]

From a news story on poorly translated Chinese tattoos: “Morel said that his business averages between seven and nine clients a week seeking to get an Asian-language tattoo removed. Of those, he said, five or six typically complain that their tattoo was mistranslated or didn’t say what they originally thought it did. Many got their [...]

Accounting quiz results: 99… 99… 99 percent… woo hoo! Best of all, on test day, two people just didn’t show up, and the next week? Two different students skipped class (please drop out!) Joy! Soon it’ll just be the teacher, me, and, like, three other students. ————————————————————————— Mother-in-law war post-script: 1) Matt performed some voodoo [...]