Weird Al gave us a song, and now Red Rocket Farm has given us… an official piece of art! Hey, if states can have Official Everythings, so can we. Click through to play on RRF’s Tumblr, or check them out at Red Rocket Farm. (And if you want to laugh until you pee, read Jason’s …read more.

…even if they’d correctly used an apostrophe! Just because it’s awesome! Thanks, Lisa R.

What? We need moments of amusing calm on Mondays too! Maybe especially on Mondays!

A little poem for you, care of Super H Mart.

Fundamentally, my red-pen-y-ness is about one thing: my love of words. It’s also about my love of order, I guess, or my deep-seated desire to control things that ought to be easy (apostrophes) in a world full of things I can’t control (my sock drawer). But so much of my rage at poor writing comes …read more.

Ever wonder how to keep thieves from stealing your stuff? The answer was so simple all the time! Glad we cleared that up.

Today’s picture is a perfect example of what I mean about language translation leading to whimsy. There’s nothing wrong with this sign. There isn’t any reason why I couldn’t open a bakery right here in my own fair city and name it “Lovely Sweets.” I probably wouldn’t, though, and I can’t even explain why… unless …read more.

There’s nothing at all wrong with the signage here. I’m perfectly able to understand what the author meant. The driver of this car, apparently, had a tougher time.

You can say many things about this educational facility in Agra, but you cannot deny its existence. It’s irrefutable. This one puzzles, me, actually. Lots of times you can guess what the author was going for, but I’m at a loss here. Anybody?

This is my blog. I pay to maintain it, and while it’s not a huge sum of money, it’s probably ridiculous given what I get out of it. So I’m going to experiment a little with what goes on here, because I can, because see previous sentence. THIS WEEK, I intend to post five of …read more.