People that moan about social media

...being used for communication and advertising presumably feel the same way about speech:

Oh, remember when talking was about food, and going to the toilet, and stuff?
Now it's all about marketing...

Perhaps we just need to accept the fact that people will use social media for marketing, as well as for useful stuff.

When I bought a chainsaw from Amazon

...They offered to gift wrap it.

Smoked salmon - allergy advice

Apparently, smoked salmon contains fish. Who knew?

Nice one, Sainsbury's.

Buying local (and locally)

I agree with pretty much all of this article.

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2010/08/26/why-i-buy-local/

When Buying Music

...always buy the Explicit version (if available). I mean, otherwise you're just paying for silence.

And the words they remove are usually $5 words...

Solutions That Aren't

The little one-woman cafe in the local garden centre has a menu behind the counter, entitled "Breakfast Solutions".

Solutions?

Solutions. As if they're solving a complex problem. It's bacon, sausage and egg, not world hunger.

Why not "Breakfast Options"? "Breakfast Choices"?

Or even just "Breakfasts"?

The problem is the bleed of marketing non-speak into everyday life. Horrid.

Something Sporty

We've been invited to wear something sporty to work, for charity.

I fear the majority choice will be things worn to watch sport rather than do sport. So that'll be an entire package holiday worth of national football and rugby shirts.

I'm trying to decide whether to wear a swim cap, my skydiving jumpsuit, or - as one witty colleague suggested, a waistcoat (not that I really belive snooker to be a sport).