PSA for "Above the Influence" campain, shown on MTV:
Eerily similar. Make up your mind, MTV.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Bridesmaid Dress - Check!
Yesterday I went to H&S bridals in Manhattan to purchase my dress for Carrie's wedding. After trying on about ten dresses, I found the perfect dress:
All I need now is the perfect pair of shoes, then I'll be all set! Any suggestions?
All I need now is the perfect pair of shoes, then I'll be all set! Any suggestions?
Friday, January 14, 2011
Really, Wet Seal?!
By Carrie
WHO PROOF READS AT WET SEAL?! They deserve to be fired.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
Exhibit F:
WHO PROOF READS AT WET SEAL?! They deserve to be fired.
Exhibit A:
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| Wrong use of your! It's YOU'RE! YOU'RE!! |
Exhibit B:
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| "Destoryed Jeans"? |
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| Destoryed again? |
Exhibit D:
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| Destoryed AGAIN?! |
Exhibit E:
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| How have they not caught any of these? DESTROYED! |
Exhibit F:
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| Destoryed again. It's a lost cause. |
For the last pair of jeans, not only the proof reader should be fired, but the designer as well. How unflattering are those jeans?!
I contacted them on their website letting them know about their errors, with links provided. I also mentioned them in a tweet with a link this post, so hopefully one of these methods grabs their attention! Let's see if they edit their website...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
These words exist! Part Two: Adding the custom dictionary
By Carrie
Part 2: Import an existing custom dictionary from another computer
To import a custom dictionary from another computer, follow these steps:First, save the custom dictionary file that you want to add to the computer, making sure you remember where you saved it to.
Download the Audiology dictionary HERE.
MICROSOFT 2003
1. Open Word, then click on Options on the Tools menue.
2. Click the Spelling & Grammar tab, and then click Custom Dictionaries.
3. Click Add.
4. Locate where you have saved the custom dictionary, and click OK.
MICRSOFT 2007
1. Open Word, then click the Microsft Office Button, then click Word Options.
2. Click Proofing, then click Custom Dictionaries (under the header When correcting spelling in Microsoft Office Programs).
3. Click Add.
4. In the Add Custom Dictionary box, locate where you saved the custom dictionary. Click the file na,e then click OK three times to close all the dialog boxes.
MICROSOFT 2010
1. Open Word, click File, then click Options.
2. Click Proofing, then click Custom Dictionaries (under the header When correcting spelling in Microsoft Office Programs).
3. Click Add.
4. In the Add Custom Dictionary box, locate where you saved the custom dictionary. Click the file na,e then click OK three times to close all the dialog boxes.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Microsoft Word tells me my profession makes up words; I fight back.
By Carrie
Occasionally I do things that really make myself aware of how much of a nerd I am. Last week, I installed Skype on my work computer and the computer 10 ft away from me. This way, I could monitor my rats under anesthesia at my work computer, instead of at the anesthesia station a few steps away. Nerdy? Yes. But functional and exciting? Certainly!
Today I decided I've had enough of myself complaining when writing reports. I am in school for audiology, and the majority of times when writing a paper or patient report, it seems every other word is underlined for spelling errors; these words include retrocochlear, otoscopy, earmold, and sensorineural. These are the most basic words used in almost any report! So today, I decided to set up a custom dictionary that could be added to any Microsoft Word.
Step One: Open up Microsoft Word and go to Word Options.
Go to File -> Word Options
These are the words I've right clicked and "added to dictionary". (Most of them are audiology related!)
Occasionally I do things that really make myself aware of how much of a nerd I am. Last week, I installed Skype on my work computer and the computer 10 ft away from me. This way, I could monitor my rats under anesthesia at my work computer, instead of at the anesthesia station a few steps away. Nerdy? Yes. But functional and exciting? Certainly!
Today I decided I've had enough of myself complaining when writing reports. I am in school for audiology, and the majority of times when writing a paper or patient report, it seems every other word is underlined for spelling errors; these words include retrocochlear, otoscopy, earmold, and sensorineural. These are the most basic words used in almost any report! So today, I decided to set up a custom dictionary that could be added to any Microsoft Word.
Step One: Open up Microsoft Word and go to Word Options.
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| Click on any of these pictures to make them bigger. |
Step Two: Create the file.
Go to Proofing in the left hand column, then choose Custom Dictionaries
Click New, then name the file what you want, and click Save.
IMPORTANT: Take note where this file is saving to!
This is where I got lost. I created my custom dictionary, great, but why didn't it ask me to put any words into it? How does this help me?!
Step Three: Add words.
So, I found where the file was saved, and its nothing more than a notebook file! I opened up the one already saved to see their format-
So, I opened up MY custom dictionary, audiology.dic, and started adding in the words I wanted.
Step four will include sending an email with the dictionary attached, with instructions for adding it to Microsoft word to all my audiology friends. And hoping that I don't get made fun of too much.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Inspiration Board, take one
By Carrie
Using a new site, Aviary.com, I created this inspiration board for the flowers I'd like at my wedding.
Aviary.com was pretty simple to use- I suppose it would be even easier if you have experience with photoshop or something similar. This is only my first inspiration board! Hopefully I get better :-)
Using a new site, Aviary.com, I created this inspiration board for the flowers I'd like at my wedding.
Twiblings
By Laura
I can not believe that there’s a term for this! What’s next, triblings, quadlings, quintlings? As those two babies grow older, how will they introduce one another to people they meet? “Hi I’m Violet and this is my twibling Kieran.” If so, they are going to be explaining the story of their conception to everyone they come across.
Each year, the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words to its pages. In 2010 the words de-friend, chillax, and micro-blogging were added to the collection. New words are constantly being created in order to describe our ever-changing world and I heard a word yesterday that could be in contention for the 2011 edition:
Twibling
What’s a twibling you ask? Twiblings are two biological embryos fertilized at the same time and born to two different surrogate mothers. Since they are nurtured by two separate women, they have the potential to be born on separate days, even though gestationally they are the same age. Therefore they are siblings but not twins – twiblings.
The New York Times first introduced the term here in its story about twiblings Violet and Kieran Thernstrom, and The Today Show picked it up in yesterday’s broadcast:
I can not believe that there’s a term for this! What’s next, triblings, quadlings, quintlings? As those two babies grow older, how will they introduce one another to people they meet? “Hi I’m Violet and this is my twibling Kieran.” If so, they are going to be explaining the story of their conception to everyone they come across.
Although this would not be the way I’d go about having a family, I don’t have an issue with it as long as the children are properly taken care of and well adjusted. I just can’t believe what science and technology can achieve in 2011. It will be interesting to see if this concept catches on, although I doubt it will.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
How We Survived the Brooklyn Snowpocalypse
By Laura
This Christmas we spent the holiday with Husband’s family upstate, and planned on staying for about three days. However, the weather had other plans:
Photo from NY Post
On December 26th the New York City area was hit with a massive snowstorm, which dumped over two feet of snow in Brooklyn. To date, this was the sixth largest snowstorm in NYC history. What made matters worse was the way the city responded to blizzard (or rather, didn’t respond). Streets went unplowed for days, causing clogged roads and crippling public transportation.
Photo from Syracuse.com
We were so glad not to be in the city for this disaster, and decided to extend our stay upstate until the roads were plowed and things got back to normal.
However, things upstate started to feel rather cramped after a few extra days of staying indoors at Husband’s parents’ house. Jed didn’t have many toys to play with, and after going through all the kitchen cabinets a number of times he decided that he was bored. And a bored Jed makes for a cranky Jed.
On Wednesday following the storm, my aunt called (she lives in the area) and suggested we all meet up at MiMi’s. What’s MiMi’s?
Mimi’s Kids Club is an open play space where for $6 your kid can run wild and go nuts. Just what Jed needed! There were all sorts of toys to play with, slides to climb on, a puppet show area, video games (for older kids) and a small bowling area. As soon as we entered MiMi’s Jed spotted a train set, started yelling “Choo Choo!!” and was off running as soon as his feet hit the floor.
There were chairs for parents to sit in along with magazines, so parents could relax but still keep an eye on their kids. After chasing after a busy toddler for almost a week, it was great to take a load off and let him play in a safe environment. I highly recommend MiMi’s to anyone with small children!
http://www.mimiskidsclub.com/
Monday, January 3, 2011
You live, you learn: Couch Edition
By Carrie
Since moving out of my parents' house, there have been many lessons I've had to learn the hard way. These are all stories for a different time, but some of the lessons I've learned include:
1) Never obtain a moving company without a contract, so as to avoid being stood up the day of the move.
2) Always keep a hidden key to your apartment, so that you don't have to break in and spend $200 on a new window.
3) Grease cannot be washed down the drain; this will cause a build up resulting in a frantic call to maitenance when your sink fills to the top and won't drain.
And finally, the focus on this post-
4) When buying a couch, make sure you get a warrenty longer than 1 year on the springs and frame.
When I moved out of campus living, I had absolutely no furniture. The on campus apartments come completely furnished, which was awesome when I lived there, but not so awesome when I had to start from scratch on my own place. Having to buy ALL new furniture was daunting. I was blessed with some pieces being handed down from friends and family, craigslist helped as well, but for those items left over I went the cheapest-I-could-find route.
I bought couches from a discount warehouse, and was SO happy with the price. A couch and loveseat with recliners, both for about $800- PERFECT for my budget. I handed over the check, nodded through the warrenty speach, and trotted home. I wish I had listened more clearly to the warrenties. The couch and loveseat only had a one year warrenty. Of course about one month after the one year warrenty expired, two springs popped loose and one of the recliners no longer pops out. Needless to say, I was (am) pretty livid.
So now my fiance and I are in the market for a new couch. Our requirements are different than a year and a half ago when I was shopping by myself. We require a warrenty of 5 years, minimum, on both the springs and the frame. We will not be buying from a warehouse, nor will we buy a couch from a company we haven't heard of. We want a sturdy couch from a reputable company.
Wish us luck!
Since moving out of my parents' house, there have been many lessons I've had to learn the hard way. These are all stories for a different time, but some of the lessons I've learned include:
1) Never obtain a moving company without a contract, so as to avoid being stood up the day of the move.
2) Always keep a hidden key to your apartment, so that you don't have to break in and spend $200 on a new window.
3) Grease cannot be washed down the drain; this will cause a build up resulting in a frantic call to maitenance when your sink fills to the top and won't drain.
And finally, the focus on this post-
4) When buying a couch, make sure you get a warrenty longer than 1 year on the springs and frame.
When I moved out of campus living, I had absolutely no furniture. The on campus apartments come completely furnished, which was awesome when I lived there, but not so awesome when I had to start from scratch on my own place. Having to buy ALL new furniture was daunting. I was blessed with some pieces being handed down from friends and family, craigslist helped as well, but for those items left over I went the cheapest-I-could-find route.
I bought couches from a discount warehouse, and was SO happy with the price. A couch and loveseat with recliners, both for about $800- PERFECT for my budget. I handed over the check, nodded through the warrenty speach, and trotted home. I wish I had listened more clearly to the warrenties. The couch and loveseat only had a one year warrenty. Of course about one month after the one year warrenty expired, two springs popped loose and one of the recliners no longer pops out. Needless to say, I was (am) pretty livid.
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| Underside of our broken couch - notice those two springs flying freely! |
So now my fiance and I are in the market for a new couch. Our requirements are different than a year and a half ago when I was shopping by myself. We require a warrenty of 5 years, minimum, on both the springs and the frame. We will not be buying from a warehouse, nor will we buy a couch from a company we haven't heard of. We want a sturdy couch from a reputable company.
Wish us luck!
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