eyeroll, I really don’t hate anyone, OK? But women’s media can stop selling George Clooney’s alleged attractiveness to me yesterday.

But Cary Grant was attractive because of his charm! He was so delightful. Um, onscreen, anyway :D

Oh of course! Amal should own it. Give Monica “I killed my fourth husband” Bellucci a run for her money.

break it down, Sheesh <3

mostly because there is no female celebrity who is “always in style.” Especially not (decades) after letting her hair go gray.

It’s sad that I don’t live in Gawker Media’s basement? OK

you had me then you lost me with your ageism

George is mos def drunk. Rande Gerber gives me the creeps.

I was trying to be nice by calling her that instead of just saying “she dresses ridiculously,” because she does. Which is fine, she’s not hurting anyone, but just because she is tall and rail-thin with gorgeous dark hair, arched eyebrows, and red lipstick, and can afford very expensive clothing, it doesn’t make her a s…

I mean, I don’t hate Amal, and I actually feel bad for the twins, and Rosemary Clooney was a great gal, a legend ... it’s just George I can’t stand, and even that is more about 1) the entire world aggressively insisting that I am supposed to find this unappealing man wildly attractive and 2) the practical jokes. I…

Unpopular opinion: George Clooney is not all that handsome and seems like a complete dick with his love of practical jokes. And now this pear-shaped, potato-faced wang—who everyone inexplicably insists is the ultimate catch—is calling his son a “thug” and his daughter “elegant”? George Clooney sucks, people.

But Merriam-Webster trumps them all! I’m eleventh edition’s bitch. :p

All bad, but the common error that makes me apoplectic is “lose”/”loose.” It’s everywhere, and when someone malaprops that one I immediately discount everything else they are saying.

You are a really humorless person

My bad! Very bad! You are right, that is some pretty unassailable cred. I have to stop being lazy today and blaming my cats (and now I promise to give that podcast a listen), but I will say to all aspiring proofreaders out there: If a legit publisher sends you copy and you don’t fix “woah,” it will probably be your…

Yeah ... you are advocating anarchy, dude. Have you ever seen the classic Simpsons episode with “Do What You Feel Day”? If you recall, cars arriving to the festival piled up and crashed because Otto didn’t feel like directing them into orderly parking slots. Then the spectator stands collapsed during James Brown’s…

No, I’m not listening to that podcast. I’m sorry, that is not meant to be rude, but I’m not spending even 5 minutes listening to some guy (who is not even a professional grammarian, as far as I can tell) yammer on in defense of “woah.” I let highly vetted dictionaries speak for me on this issue.

Sorry, I’m lazy and covered in snuggled-up tabbies, so I move as little as possible. I appreciate the link. :D

I mean ... do these people just publish any word/phrase they assume is correct? No looking anything up at all? They just slap it up there without pause—or worse, have a moment of doubt where they’re not sure if it should perhaps be “psych” or “whoa,” but they say “Close enough!” and move on to the next mangled…

I really don’t think anyone citing pre-sixteenth-century usage to excuse a phrase largely agreed upon as incorrect in modern usage—and whose username is “oldscrumby”—should be calling me an “old-timer.” :p