hilaryalehman

Loves: Writing, No Doubt, pie, shoes, Newsweek, contemplating theology, a good book, makeup, Bob Dylan, Gators football. I'm a woman of diverse pursuits.

January 26, 2012 2:39 pm

This is what happens when I try to offer helpful grammar advice

  • Coworker: Four consultants that bid on a feasibility study -- that or who?
  • me: were they people or corporations?
  • Coworker: corporations are people, my friend
  • me: ARGH
January 23, 2012 1:08 pm

My coworker, who is getting CNN alerts on his phone a day late

  • Tom: Ooh, looks like the Giants beat the 49ers.
  • Me: Your phone is time-traveling from the past.
  • Tom: Now they're telling me that there was some explosion at a place called Chernobyl.
  • Tom: Apparently, Lincoln has freed the slaves.
January 20, 2012 3:32 pm
cheatsheet: poobah: … suitep: whoa.  See also: 7 Reasons to Never Go On a Cruise wow.

cheatsheet:

poobah:

…

suitep:

whoa. 

See also: 7 Reasons to Never Go On a Cruise

wow.

January 13, 2012 12:24 pm

As an admitted perfectionist

There are few things that grate at me more than chipping my nail polish the first day and not being able to fix it immediately.

January 11, 2012 8:29 pm
You know you have weird friends when they send you this, “From Gramma.”

You know you have weird friends when they send you this, “From Gramma.”

January 6, 2012 11:58 am
"And you know that when the truth is told
you can get what you want
or you can just get old."

—

Today’s widely applicable words of wisdom from Billy Joel.
January 5, 2012 11:07 am
yourpalmal: The best NYTimes correction of AllTimes. This happened.

yourpalmal:

The best NYTimes correction of AllTimes.

This happened.

(via inothernews)

January 4, 2012 2:10 pm
"People keep telling kids to study what they love — but some loves are worth more than others. When people talk about college, there are all these high-minded ideas about it making people better citizens and participating fully in the life of their times. All that’s true, but go talk to the unemployed about that."

—

-Anthony P. Carnavale, author of a study on which majors lead to the highest rates of unemployment.

The dubious winner?  Architecture.  Followed by the arts.  Followed by the humanities.  

Everything fun leads to ruin!  

(via morninggloria)

Unpopular opinion? I agree. I mean, don’t do something you hate. That I agree with. But be practical.

(via morninggloria)

January 2, 2012 4:31 pm

(Source: kittykittybangbang, via curiousgeorgiana)

December 20, 2011 10:13 am
I want to redo this with “That punctuation mark” instead of “That word.”

I want to redo this with “That punctuation mark” instead of “That word.”