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Friday!!!!

We made it. If you have Monday off, I salute you. Please make the most of it. Eat ridiculous amounts of food. Get lots of sleep. Read a book. See a movie. Do not do anything even vaguely work-related. Only get out of bed if you simply MUST. I hereby grant you permission to be a slug.

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Enjoy your weekend, and I'll see you next week!

Coming up next on HGTV...

Here's another wonky TV listing for you. My friend JM spotted this error a few weeks ago on her DirecTV guide. It's another example of "when spellcheck can't save you."

Photo by JM

Yep, the title is correct. Oh, and what's this episode about? "The Lairs follow a lead about Maya." I HAD NO IDEA LAIRS COULD WALK. I mean, aren't they busy being lairs? The Liars' Lair, if you will? As I said to JM, I can't believe they got Bellisario right, and LIARS wrong. Though DirecTV is probably smart enough to not annoy the Family Bellisario. One does not do that if one knows what is good for, uh, one.

Also, I haven't watched the show. Do they refer to themselves as The Liars? Are they all, in fact, liars? And are these lies completely different from the ones told on the other ABCFamily show, "The Lying Game?" Also, can I point out that there's LOT of lying going on in "Switched at Birth," which is MY very favoritest ABCFamily show? LIES, people. We are awash in a SEA of LIES.

Really entertaining lies that we can't bear to miss week after week. I'm so glad "Switched at Birth" is back next week! Yay!

(Thanks, JM!)

Always a bridesmaid...

Maybe a year ago, I got an Apple TV. Mainly, I got it because I had a gift card for Apple that was pretty small, and I just couldn't think of anything else to get, because I didn't need a keyboard or a mouse. So, I got the Apple TV, and it's fine. The main problem I have with it is that it doesn't have HBOGO, which would be really, REALLY handy. Anyhoodle, when my brother found out I got it, he then got me an iTunes gift card for my birthday, so I can rent movies through it, which is delightful. Except that I'm not really much of a sit-around-and-watch-a-movie person. I know. It's weird. But I'm not. I'll park myself in front of the TV for HOURS in order to get through a full TiVo, but for some reason, committing myself to a 2 hour movie just seems so EXTRAVAGANT. Which leaves me with a chunk of money on the iTunes gift card, and in constant search of something that will be worth my free money AND time. That's not too much to ask, right?

The other night, I stumbled across this movie, which I've heard good things about. I love a comedy, after all. And I've been a bridesmaid, what, 4 times now? With active participation in 2 other weddings, I think. I have some perspective, is what I'm saying. But this listing left me cold, for several reasons. Let's have a look.

I refuse to believe ANYONE would willingly watch "The Dictator." Barf. 

Ok, first of all, $9.99 to RENT this movie? Absurd. I get that they're doing a pre-release VOD thing, but that's too much. Second of all, and this INFURIATES me, why isn't Rebel Wilson listed in the cast of this thing? I mean, she's the bride! Is she not enough of a name? Other, ruder reasons? Ugh. And finally, there's that missing apostrophe in the description. So often, we struggle against too many apostrophes, sprinkled throughout text all willy-nilly, and suddenly, we're missing one. Where have all the apostrophes gone? WHITHER THE APOSTROPHE?

Suffice it to say, I did not rent this $10 movie. I feel like I have enough reasons to write a strongly-worded letter, but that seems so dramatic. So I thought I'd just share with y'all!

Speaking of Rebel Wilson, doesn't "Pitch Perfect" look HILARIOUS? I'm in!

Part deux...

Food Wednesday continues apace...

DC sent in this submission featuring errors she'd seen before in the same menu. She actually pointed them out to the staff, but they neglected to fix them. So, she went ahead and sent them on to me. Yay! (for us, I mean. Boo on the restaurant for not fixing them!)

Photo by DC

DC wants us to take note here of the Gecko Burger, which is listed as a 13 LB PATTY. To which I say, HOLY CRAPTOWN, Y'ALL. I can't even mentally picture a 13 lb patty. It's, like, the size of your plate, right? Well, several plates, really. That is LETHAL. And filling, I might add. In addition, down at the bottom, she pointed out the FOOD BOURNE ILLNESS, which is clearly Jason Bourne's younger, less-well-trained brother. If Jason Bourne = death, then Food Bourne = illness. For the record, it should read FOODBORNE ILLNESS. The internet tells me it prefers to be written as one word.

I want you to notice the three grain veggie burger, made of brown rice, quinoa, and bulgur. I cannot imagine a sadder, less-tasty burger. And this is from someone who had to give up burgers made of cow long ago. I enjoy a substitute burger immensely. But not that one. Bleh.

A second photo was in DC's email! Let's take a look:

Photo by DC

I said it in the last post, and I'll say it again. I hate mushrooms, y'all. No matter how you spell them. You can't fool me!

(Thanks, DC!)

Food Wednesday!

I keep thinking that I'll rename Food Wednesday into Menu Wednesday, but then I worry that one day, I'll get a submission that's food-related, but NOT a menu, and I'll be so sad I limited myself. So, for now, we're sticking with Food Wednesday. Yay! You know how it brings me joy!

Last week, I got a text from a friend of mine that I don't get to see very often. We have a very full and fulfilling texting relationship, in which we complain about the people we can't complain about on social media, but we hardly ever get to actually sit down face-to-face. We are both Chatty Kathys, so it's possible this is a good thing, because we can and do go on, sometimes for HOURS, and then I always feel bad about not shutting the heck up sooner, but ANYWAY. This particular text said that my friend was in the area, and invited me out to lunch. Yay! I love lunch! So we met at a local place, and sat down, ordered some stuff, and then I became that WEIRDO that photographs the menu because of all the errors in it. Unfortunately, most of my photos didn't turn out very well, so I've had to go and screengrab from the online menu. In which the errors are replicated perfectly. I guess we can appreciate their consistency? Anyway, on to the errors!

Error the first:

Just FYI, I hate mushrooms, so I did not get this salad. 

This one's easy. ZUCCHINI is spelled with two Cs.

There's always something vaguely off-putting to me about all this mishigas on menus. 

A little more business here. I'd have put hyphens after hormone- and antibiotic-free, as I think it's confusing without. I also would have deleted the return after fish, and while I'm not in love with the unneeded apostrophe after PCB, I understand where they're coming from. All caps is tricksy like this. I probably would have found a way to slip that S to lower case.

Thank you for stopping by, Mr. Quayle.

Homemade is one word. High school and never mind are two words, but homemade is one. I'll allow the e at the end of lasagna.

Is anyone else kinda tired yet?

What is a home duck? Is it like a homeboy or a home slice? I'm guessing they meant to say HOUSE here. It's their house dish. Also, did they suddenly run out of Es? A space between duck and leg might have also been nice.

BEIGNETS. That's how you spell the delectable pastry from Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. This is, like, some sort of abuse of the word beginner. Or something else that's not right.

And I'm going to conclude with this shot, even though I'm only about halfway through the lunch menu.

Because few things hurt me more than to see a word spelled correctly in one spot (TARRAGON), and then have it spelled incorrectly just a few lines down. It's already there! Just copy it! YOU WERE DOING SO WELL FOR A SECOND THERE.

Obviously, the errors on a menu do not ALWAYS reflect the care put into the food, which was delicious. Combine that with my delightful, tolerant company, and it really was an excellent lunch. Full of blog fodder!

(Thanks, CG, for putting up with me!)

More tragedy

Continuing on with the theme, here's yet another error in the reporting of the loss of Neil Armstrong, sent in by my friend MF. Here, just have a look:

screengrab by MF

Do you see it? Here's a hint: it's not a spelling error. It's a math error. 2012-1930 = 82, and not 87, as this article would have you believe. Listen, I am TERRIBLE at math, but all is made easy by the birth year being 1930. That's math even I can do. And so should you, Hulu writer. Go ahead. Get out a calculator. WE'LL WAIT.

(Thanks, MF!)