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Netflix is Here!

One of the things I decided to do to cut down on the cost of going out to shows is… umm… to get Netflix instead :0 One of the things I miss most about life in Chicago is sitting around on the couch with on the weekends eating pancakes and watching our Netflix shows. We’d

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The Origins of "OK"

So if OK stands for “all correct,” wouldn’t it be “AC”? Not exactly, says linguist Erin McKean, who points out that the word was intentionally misspelled. Much like the way people on the Internet shorten or abbreviate words when typing, OK was misspelled on purpose. “For instance, a lot of kids online spell “cool,” “k-e-w-l,”

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Holding Back the Desert

I spent an inordinate amount of time last night just before bed tossing and turning and playing out in my head the scene in Black Desert that finally made the whole thing fall together for me. It’s a brutal little book, meaner than the last one but with more heart (you know, compared to the

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SOMEONE HAS STOLEN MY LUNCH

SOMEONE HAS STOLEN MY LUNCH OUT OF THE BREAKROOM FRIDGE. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LOSS TO ME. NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR LUNCH, WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. WHERE IS MY FUCKING COKE AND STRING CHEESE YOU FUCKING NAZIS???????????? ALSO, I WANT MY TUPPERWARE BACK!! HOW MANY MORE HOURS WILL YOU HOLD ONTO THIS

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