ITEM! I came across this picture somewhere on the inter webs earlier today; I don’t remember where. It’s a stock image. Take a real close look at it:
I maintain that it would not actually have cost any more money or taken any more time to have actually hired a smart person to do the stuff on the blackboard instead of the gibberish that’s up there now. Look at the words. That’s not even language. Seriously, take five damn minutes and have him be drawing the line of an equation or working through the quadratic formula or some shit like that. This isn’t hard.
(Subrant: Curious George frequently aggravates me in a similar way. The show has several characters who are scientists, but instead of actually just having them talk like smart people the show just has them use lots of long words in completely nonsensical and frequently flatly incorrect ways. All the smart people on the show sound like what dumb people think smart people sound like.)
ITEM! I keep almost writing some horrifying mutant music post that is going to involve Meghan Trainor, Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea in some way, among others. I also came across this picture today:
I mailed this to my wife. “This is not a fat person,” I said. “She does not have curves and she does not appear to be ‘thick.’ This is a skinny person with a giant perfectly round Charlie Brown head.”
That song’s catchy as fuck, though, although I think I’d like it more if it were in a language that I don’t actually understand.
ITEM! I have not forgotten about Part 2 of the School Clothes series. I will, however, need to be very careful when I write it, and I’m still composing it in my head. This weekend, probably.
There’s… uh… no picture to go with this one.
ITEM! Barry Allen’s father, from The Flash, which is absolutely my favorite new show of the season, is played by John Wesley Shipp, who played the Flash in the last Flash series, the crappy one I never watched.
He is not John McGinley from Scrubs, and he never will be, no matter how many times I make that mistake.
Announcement! I have a new gig now! Check Sourcerer out this weekend for a surprise.
(Okay, there will be a link here. But still, check Sourcerer out.)
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Reblogged this on Poetry by Nature and commented:
lol funny
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I know it’s crazy of me to do this on someone else’s blog, but thank you very much for reblogging this!
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no problem please check my blog too some great words! thanks
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“All the smart people on the show sound like what dumb people think smart people sound like.”
Alas, this happens far too often in all sorts of fiction, not just kids’ shows.
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Fabulous! Fabulous in too many ways to count. I like that you buried the announcement beneath a big bunch of humorous items, so you have to scroll to the end to find it.
I’ve got a more formal announcement to go sometime tomorrow, probably early. It’s written and I think you will like it, but I am waiting to hear about the status of a contributor to be sure before schedule. I announced that I am making an announcement tomorrow in a late post today. And will be all over the social media this weekend if things work out for me to do it. So good. Generating some buzz right as you come on board, matey! (and thanking The Universe for fall break).
If you have bloggers or constant supporters you interact with a lot who is paying attention to their twitter account, and you have any question at all about whether or not I am following them and paying attention to them on Twitter, Friday is a good time to introduce them. Everyone who’s included in a follow friday tweet with Sourcerer this week gets a look, a follow if I am not following already, and a list add if I am following but don’t have them on an appropriate list. Four other bloggers are aware I am doing this already, and I will announce it on my personal blog tomorrow.
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Bizarrely, I know this: It’s from the Slate article about the history of blackboards. I was reading the article while procrastinating at work and definitely also noted the weird picture. Honestly, real sciency stuff is not that much harder than fake sciency stuff. Why not just get it right?
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That’s where I noticed it, and the Trainor picture, also while procrastinating at work. 🙂
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I am so excited about this announcement! Very, very excited! Can’t wait! 😀
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Can’t wait for part 2 of the School Clothes series.
Been seeing John McGinley in an office show called Ground Floor and his character is pretty much Dr Cox in a suit…
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