Teach Them To Type

Many years ago, even before I was at school, part of a young woman's education was to learn to use a typewriter but it fell from fashion. Now we have a world where everyone uses keyboards yet our schools don't seem to offer any teaching to ensure that people can not only type effectively (i.e. speed and accuracy) but they can also do so in a healthy and erganomic way.
We need future generations to be able to use keyboards quickly, accurately and safely so why don't we teach them at school?

Give the word a past

The word GLIDE really annoys me. I know how silly that sounds but the word hasn't got a useful sounding past tense. The past tense of GLIDE is GLIDED: such an ugly word.
Compare it to similar words:
SLIDE: I slide, you slide, we SLID
RIDE: I ride, you ride, we RODE

I urge you you to campaign for GLIDE to be given a new past tense. What do you reckon GLID or GLODE?

Reporters Standing Outside Places

You are watching News At 10 when the news reader says "We can now go live to our reporter outside 10 Downing Street."
Cut to a reporter standing in the cold and dark outside a building.

Why is he there late at night?

What can he say that couldn't be said in the studio?

Is the prime minister going to pop out and divulge some extra info? NO!


Why waste money sending an outside broadcast unit to stand in the cold and dark and tell us nothing new?

Things You Want To Say Out Loud But Can't: Even camels know when to hide their toes

Things You Want To Say Out Loud But Can't: Even camels know when to hide their toes

I came across this brilliantly angst ridden blogg and it seemed to sit nicely with my posting about mannequins, especially the article on camel-toes.

It seems to be written by a fairly annonymous bunch of folk who just report back on the things they see on the streets that really cheese them off.

Cold Shop Window Dummies

Just around the corner from my place of work is a women’s clothing shop and in the windows are six scantily clad mannequins. These shopfront dummies all have seriously erect nipples. WHY?

Do women like to know what a skimpy top would look like if it was worn in the Antarctic without a bra?

This doesn’t appear to happen with other anatomical parts. In lingerie shops the panties are not displayed with evident camel toes and male mannequins are never displayed with full on trouser accessories.