Her Chic Geek

I love grammar. No, really. I do. Now, I don’t always use it correctly, and Lord knows I can’t spell my way out of a paper sack. But I enjoy the daily challenge of mastering the English language; that’s important because I sort of write and speak it for a living.

All that to say that my favorite Twitter-er of the moment is @APStylebook.

Recent lessons learned include:

O M G. I'm so freakin' excited about this video, where they take West Side Story and geek it up -- I can't hardly type. Watch it NOW! 

And turn your speakers up; it's A W E S O M E.

Yet another example of how mindless Twittering will get you fired:

The D.C. Department of Employment Services fired a contractor who was working with youths in the city's summer jobs program after officials became aware of messages on his Twitter site that Anacostia is "ghetto" and that he was loafing at work.

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Much to the confusion of my sun-worshiping mother, I'm obsessed with staying out of the sun. A huge fan of sunscreen, I never leave the house without a face coated with Clinique City Block and am thrilled to learn that I can now buy sunscreen soap! 

S O A P! 

I'm sure you know about the new and improved iPhone coming out tomorrow, but did you know that current iPhone 3G owners have something fabulous to look forward to as well? Apple released an updated version of the 3G software yesterday and it's available in iTunes to all iPhone 3G owners. GO GET IT. NOW. 

I don’t hide my addiction to technology. I’m never without my iPhone, email or desire for a good game of Tetris. But sometimes, a gal just needs a notebook. Not the battery-powered kind – I’m talking pen and paper.

Hubby got me hooked on the Moleskine brand, but you can use anything you feel comfortable with – as long as you stick to it.

Never.

Seriously. Just don't ever use reply-all. It's poor form, poor performance and could lead you to the poorhouse when you are fired from your gig from using reply-all to send a snarky comment.

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Arrrrg! I've discovered how to change my default language on Facebook from English (US) to English (Pirate): IT IS HYSTERICAL.

Go do it. RIGHT NOW.

The change does not affect your wall postings, messages or status updates, just the language Facebook uses to describe stuff. For instance, "Married to" becomes "Anchored to" and the "Like" feature on someone's comment becomes "Arr, this be pleasin to my eye."

On the heels of Amazon's Kindle 2 comes the Kindle DX; sorry guys, but I still don't think I want one.