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Friday, March 30, 2001

WAS THAT A SNORKEL OR A LASSO? From the latest CANOE Jam roundup of Survivor 2 shenanigans:

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CORNERED: Tons o' thanks to the legendary Timothy Rutt for e-mailing this CNN.com goof:

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POOR POROUS PORES: From Southern California's "THE ZONE DAILY" e-business e-newsletter:

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ELSEWHERE IN E-MAIL ERRORSVILLE: The relentless Judy Stein is back with a mystical (and mystifying) misspelling (times three!) from the Netsurfer Digest e-newsletter:

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YET MORE INBOX INACCURACY: Jessica Lewis plucked this from People magazine's e-newsletter:

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COOL NEW NAME, OR CHARACTER-COUNT CRUNCH? From a poll on the ESPN.com home page:

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FOUND AN EXCUSE TO REMIND YOU ... (a) set your clock ahead one hour at 2 a.m. this Sunday; (b) remember that the official, correct name is Daylight Saving Time:

(from Family.com's home page)

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HOW CRAZY ARE THEY? Found on Wall of Sound's home page:

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FROM THE SCENE-BUT-NOT-HERD DEPARTMENT: This ugliness just turned up atop SFGate.com:

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WILL VIAGRA FIX 'EXTREME CLIMACTIC SEVERITY'? From the bottom of the Knopf Publishing Group's online Poetry Center:

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celebrating our 3-month anniversary! HSC's archive-opolis:

Oops, 3/28/01-3/29/01 ... And the Oscar Losers Are ... 3/26/01 ... Mmm, Fried Pawns! 3/23/01 ...
Queen-Size Trouble, 3/21/01 ... Money Shots, 3/19/01 ...
It's the Sh*t, Plus "Oh, No, Oprah!" 3/16/01 ... Menu Madness, 3/14/01 ...
Unhappy Meals, 3/12/01 ... Variety Is the Spice of Strife, 3/9/01 ...
President Who? 3/7/01 ... Alex, Ken, the Misspelled Pilot, and the Bikini, 3/5/01 ...
Lost Letters, 3/2/01 ... This Reeks, 2/28/01 ...
Money "Tock," 2/26/01 ... It Doesn't "Ad" Up, 2/24/01 ...
An Extra "T" Inspired by T & A? 2/22/01 ...
English as a Fumbled First Language, Plus the Amazing Three-Day Typo, 2/20/01 ...
A Misspelled Month and a Sunny Night, 2/16/01 ...
Roasting the Rest of Reality TV, 2/12/01 ...
Survivor Sequel and a Blue Pencil for the Gray Lady, 2/9/01 ...
Survivor Screwups and a Bush Blip, 2/5/01 ....... Whassup, 2/2/01 ...
Salon Bobbles Its Own Book Title, 1/30/01 ... Nutri-Systematic, 1/26/01 ...
Oh, Poo! 1/24/01 ... Road Ramblings, 1/22/01 ...
The Day That Lasted All Week, 1/15/01 ... Meteorological Mishap #1, 1/12/01 ...
Martha Messes Up, 1/10/01 ...What Year Is It Again? 1/8/01 ...
STILL? 1/6/01 ... Finally Figured Out the Image-Capture Feature, 1/5/01 ...
Victoria's Secret's Secret, 1/4/01 ... Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, 1/3/01 ...
I'm Still Standing, 1/2/01 ... A New Hope, 1/1/01 ...
The Day After, 12/31/00 ... Our Debut Dither, 12/30/00 ...

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other site-seeing:

Columbia Journalism Review's Language Corner

Word Trippers

Slipup.com's Slip-Up of the Day

Fact-Check Central

Library Stuff

Dictionary.com

Mark Morford's (SFGate.com) Morning Fix
(if you like Mark's stuff, you'll be alarmed to read this)

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HSC's rolling 15 pixels o' fame:

Yahoo! Picks of the Week, 2/26/01