Gail

[Gail @wordnerdg]

While watching a space documentary.
Narrator: … called the Late Heavy Bombardment Period.
Me: Otherwise known as my late 30s.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

I used the words “truculent” and “recalcitrant” in an interview yesterday. Should be grounds for immediate hire, IMO.

[Larry Forman @FormanLaw1]

VERDICT: JOHNNY WINS

[Gail @wordnerdg]

The shark, with its lifeless, doll's eyes, caught the eye of the lifeguard jogging along the beach.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Writing Puzzle #25

Rework this sentence to fix the grammar:

"As she jogged along the beach, the large shark caught the eye of the lifeguard."

[Gail @wordnerdg]

@MerriamWebster The shark, with its lifeless, doll's eyes, caught the eye of the lifeguard jogging along the beach.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

Whatever.

[mighty red pen @mightyredpen]

Acting like Gen X doesn't even exist is peak Boomer

[Gail @wordnerdg]

@MerriamWebster Truth it is, universally acknowledged, mm-hmm. If in possession of a good fortune a single man is, in want of a wife he must be.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

Truth it is, universally acknowledged, mm-hmm. If in possession of a good fortune a single man is, in want of a wife he must be.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Writing Puzzle #21

Star Wars Day Edition. Rewrite the opening line of "Pride and Prejudice" as if Yoda wrote it:

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

[Gail @wordnerdg]

Sounds like heaven compared to coming home to this douche canoe.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Educated Women = Bad
Venmo Girls = Good

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

“I don’t want to hear the phrase elections don’t matter anymore.” Meidas University contributor @EmmaSilverman1 sounds off on the leaked Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

I don’t want to jinx it or anything, but Sister Christian was on the radio when I started the car this morning, so it’s probably gonna be an awesome day.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Well done whoever did this.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

Where?!

[Gail @wordnerdg]

@MerriamWebster A couple of dogs in the park suddenly started sniffing each other flirtatiously. Their owners, Anita and Roger, looked on.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

Right?

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

I'm so old, I remember when mainstream Republicans were basically reasonable people with differing views on economics, and not a festering fucktangle of democracy-hating book-banning ball-frying fascist shitweasels

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Someone on Quora asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind. 1/15

[Gail @wordnerdg]

A-fucking-men.

[Daniel Uhlfelder @DWUhlfelderLaw]

I don't think Disney should leave Florida. I think Mar-a-Lago should leave Florida.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

Cut unnecessary words.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Writing puzzle #18.

Edit this down to three words:

"You should always try to cut the unnecessary or redundant words that don't add meaning or personality to your writing."

[Gail @wordnerdg]

These Boomers? They (<--pronoun) need to go back to school.

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

MAGA tells me there are only *2 pronouns. This joke works every time.

[Gail @wordnerdg]

I believe it.