Did You Spellcheck? - A GRAMMAR Fails Blog 2

 It's that time again, we're revisiting some more pieces that went out into the world with grammar mistakes! 

First up, a New York Magazine article about James Franco. What tense is going on here?

2. Health Magazine article with wrong word use. 

Medication and Meditation are two very different health approaches for IBS.

3. Marketing text message from Extra Space Storage. 

Super easy seems unnecessary to describe this process, but when you add an extra p, it becomes supper easy. 

Ye-Ye-Yeezy

 

It's Friday the 13th and I'm flashing back to spring break 2008, which is the last time I actually respected Kanye West. 

This was back when you would turn on the radio and hear Kanye on the radio with hits like "Heartless" and "Stronger." Although the number one song on this chilly trip to Amherst, MA was T.I. and Ri-Ri's "Live your Life,"  can you ever get this gem of a lyric out of your head?

Work it, make it, do it

Makes us (VOCORDER) harder, better, faster, stronger.

So, when I saw this headline today, I scratched my head... Kanye West Secret Wedding with Mystery Woman! 

We'll return to 2007's Stronger, I think that's where things began to go off course. In the song, Kanye says he's been on ya since "OJ had Isotoners," and we all know how poppa Robert Kardashian tried to defend OJ in the legendary 1994 case, The People vs. OJ Simpson If Kanye had never been Keeping Up with the Kardashians, where would be be now?

What would have happened to the Kanye timeline if he hadn't pursued Kim?

I honestly think the guy's mental health might have been better off.  I'm still not seeing how he and Kim were able to get along with each other so well in the first place. I think it has to be partly due to their egos; they did get married at the Palace of Versailles and name their first child after two cardinal directions. Maybe he wouldn't have run for president. Maybe someone in gen Z can also make sense of the Yeezy clothing line? I've never been so upset to look at a GAP ad. The $100+ price point for sweatshirts and ugly puffer coats just baffles me.

Maybe it's artistic genius.... or madness. Now the recently divorced rapper has married a woman (and Yeezy designer) who looks JUST like his ex-wife. Is it 2007 again? Are we ready for more weirdness? Only time will tell.

Deep Thoughts with Taylor Swift

 Swifties, the newest album from Taylor Swift is here! Midnights is an ethereal, fall-filled medication on the things that bother us late at night. On first listen, I would say this album has taken the  energy of the song The Archer, from the Lover album. Join me in the Lavender Haze and let me know which of the 4 album covers you have! I have the "midnight" blue one. 

Did You Spellcheck? - A GRAMMAR Fails Blog

 I'll be the first to admit it, a quick text response does not always get my full concentration, but my eyes sometimes make up the difference in a missing character. But there are many times when a spelling error is glaringly wrong (and public), so we'll take a look at some of those examples today.

1. Macys website: Color Names

 

First, I was shocked to see Millennium, which I know how to spell from having a Backstreet Boys poster of the 1999 album cover, associated without "Pink" attached. If Millennium Blue is now becoming a color, MAZEL TOV to my beloved BSB. 

Second, these pants are waiting on my doorstep, so we will have a full report on the color tomorrow. 

Third, I know I and l can be confused, but it's the face that they're all lowercase i and l's that does not give any passes for this common error. 

2. Oven Cleaner Package 

I view a lot of packaging elements as part of my job. Whoever made the notes on this package will not be making a sweet Scrabble score because all I'm seeing when I look at the package is a misspelling of the band INXS... I can't remember which store I found this gem circulating around, but I would be wary of their products. 

3. Menu Mix-up

I loved going to Disney on ice as an adult. The skating in those shows is really fantastic and we went to a weekend matinee, so we grabbed a a cocktail far away from the little princes and princesses asking for cotton candy, light-up hats, popcorn, Icees, ice cream, and anything else that's overpriced or will be regretted at the end of the day. 

The bar had 4 themed drinks for the occasion and I got the "Little Mermaid" themed margarita. It tasked great, but I was laughing pretty hard as I took the fruit out. They advertised the strawberry topper as Sebatian, which I had to read again a few times (to rule out they were putting a big batch of wheat (Setian) I think Sebastian would have some things to say about this personal insult.  

What am I Reading? - October 2021 - BRAT: An 80's Story

 I love Andrew McCarthy. Maybe it comes from his somewhat aloof but secretly sweet persona in all of those 80's movies, but I have always wanted to know more about his life. Whether it was confessing to Ally Sheedy he was secretly in love with her in St. Elmo's Fire, or charming Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, he seemed like an old soul. What's his story?  At the end of the day, McCarthy's story is like many of his era- kicked out of high school, some teen movie era fame, some bad press, some drinking, more adult roles and a turn on Broadway, a few marriages, a stint as a travel writer, a Hollywood comeback story, and finding bliss in directing and booking tv roles in some of the hottest shows, like 13 Reasons Why and The Resident. It's the typical story, right? 

McCarthy has so much more to tell. He developed an addition to alcohol long before he became a Brat Packer, mostly due to troubles at home stat started around age 12. He looked for his father's approval for years and studied the craft of acting in the hopes of learning more about himself, and maybe finally accepting his family for who they are. 

Read this book if you're looking for a journey of self-discovery, and to learn more about Weekend at Bernie's II. I give it 5 stars!