Morning madness

X has a strange aversion towards Stabilo merchandise; she says the swan (which has since faded from my highlighter, but which you can see at the website, if you are not already familiar with it) scares her. (Yes, normal friends are hard to find these days.)

I received an SMS from her the other day, and the following exchange ensued...

X: "I am using a Stabilo highlighter."

Me (snickering): "I distinctly remember you flinging my highlighter across McDonald's when we were in secondary school, because, you know, the swan is evil."

X: "I know. I have no principles."

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Pet peeve of the day: "Sigh" can be used as a verb or noun, or even singly (and ungrammatically) -- to express sardonic exasperation, for example -- but one thing it is not (or shouldn't be) is an onomatopoeia.

An example of bad usage: "Sigh," she sighed as she sat down.

You're either sighing, or you're just saying it.

[Edit: On hindsight that wasn't the best example. I just mean that "sigh" is a word and not a sound -- you knew I meant that, right? Okay. And that sentence was just bad for many other reasons anyway. Isn't it crazy the things that occupy my mind? Oookay.]

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Se7en Redux (via John Holbo).

I actually laughed out loud (and really loudly) at this. Clearly, I am nuts.