http://www.orble.com/rootless/ Rootless en Sat, 19 May 2012 04:59:00 GMT Sat, 19 May 2012 04:59:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/speak-well-of-nigeria/ In regards with the investigation that has happened recently here in Nigeria will noticed that you are dealing with some Nigerians who claimed you have money with them and they... http://www.orble.com/speak-well-of-nigeria/#comments http://www.orble.com/speak-well-of-nigeria/ Sat, 19 May 2012 04:59:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/quid-pro-quo/ After tossing this phrase so cavalierly into my last post, I couldn't help but start to wonder where I'd ever heard it. "Quid pro quo" is a phrase that politicians... http://www.orble.com/quid-pro-quo/#comments http://www.orble.com/quid-pro-quo/ Mon, 14 May 2012 04:43:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/ncis-and-the-power-of-obscure-initials/ There is a hugely popular crime show on television called NCIS. This show (and its spinoff, NCIS: Los Angeles) sooner or later in every episode requires the principals to come... http://www.orble.com/ncis-and-the-power-of-obscure-initials/#comments http://www.orble.com/ncis-and-the-power-of-obscure-initials/ Sat, 05 May 2012 07:02:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-putative-facts/ The other day, I heard a newscaster say something was putative. Did I know what he meant? No. Did he know what he meant? I'm not sure. After all, this... http://www.orble.com/the-putative-facts/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-putative-facts/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:13:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/an-ad-is-not-an-add/ There's only one "d" in advertisement, folks. And the abbreviation for it is "ad." But if you "add" something, you add it. That's a verb. How come the same people... http://www.orble.com/an-ad-is-not-an-add/#comments http://www.orble.com/an-ad-is-not-an-add/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/you-cant-draw-drawers-from-the-draw/ But you can draw drawers from the drawer. Actually, you can "draw" anything from inside of a desk or piece of furniture. But the sliding box-type thing that holds the... http://www.orble.com/you-cant-draw-drawers-from-the-draw/#comments http://www.orble.com/you-cant-draw-drawers-from-the-draw/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:53:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/ok-now-theyre-just-getting-lazy/ Oh... YEAH! That ten million bucks those people owe me just slipped my mind. Good thing there are nice folks out there who are trying to find me and fix... http://www.orble.com/ok-now-theyre-just-getting-lazy/#comments http://www.orble.com/ok-now-theyre-just-getting-lazy/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:12:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-croci-are-in-foci/ What a beautiful flower is the crocus! If more than one grows, they are crocuses. If I photograph one, I must focus. But if I try to catch all, are... http://www.orble.com/the-croci-are-in-foci/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-croci-are-in-foci/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:17:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/one-word-sentences/3/ I've started to see this type of thing a lot in advertising: Real. Comfortable. Jeans. People. Fit. Perfectly. Who told these people that this sort of construction is clever and... http://www.orble.com/one-word-sentences/3/#comments http://www.orble.com/one-word-sentences/3/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:44:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/when-morals-go-south/ Sometimes, you just can't win. The first thing I ought to explain, I guess, is the phrase "to go south." For those who don't know, this is an American expression... http://www.orble.com/when-morals-go-south/#comments http://www.orble.com/when-morals-go-south/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:02:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/dishing-the-dirt/ Well now, isn't this a curious expression? "Dish" is a noun, right? Right. It's what you put your food on. So how the heck is it a verb, too? And... http://www.orble.com/dishing-the-dirt/#comments http://www.orble.com/dishing-the-dirt/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/whos-in-for-a-who/ No, this ad was not written by Dr. Seuss. But I do have to wonder whether these "technical issues" will include proofreading. Since they're only providing minimal training, let's hope... http://www.orble.com/whos-in-for-a-who/#comments http://www.orble.com/whos-in-for-a-who/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:46:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/were-still-not-previewing-these-things-are-we/ Last time, they wanted a Sales Ass. (See my earlier post on the subject at Really Long Link) Now, they want a Team Ass. Hm-m-m. It looks like the Team... http://www.orble.com/were-still-not-previewing-these-things-are-we/#comments http://www.orble.com/were-still-not-previewing-these-things-are-we/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:54:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/247-is-bigger-than-pi/ No, really, it is. I did the math to find this out because, after all, the forward slash symbol is how the Internet tells us we want to do division... http://www.orble.com/247-is-bigger-than-pi/#comments http://www.orble.com/247-is-bigger-than-pi/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:09:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/call-asap-you-are-able/2/ "Please send me your updated resume in word format or call ASAP you are able so that we can discuss it in more detail." What's the problem here? To start... http://www.orble.com/call-asap-you-are-able/2/#comments http://www.orble.com/call-asap-you-are-able/2/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:41:00 GMT