February 28th, 2005
kittens!
Introducing: Ganache (left) and Gateaux (right), the new members of the household.

meme: english proficiency.
The Commonly Confused Words Test
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 83% Expert!
Compared to users who took the test and are male and in your age group:
77% had lower Beginner scores.
77% had lower Intermediate scores.
88% had lower Advanced scores.
88% had lower Expert scores.
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 83% Expert!
Compared to users who took the test and are male and in your age group:
77% had lower Beginner scores.
77% had lower Intermediate scores.
88% had lower Advanced scores.
88% had lower Expert scores.
on geographic ignorance
Pet peeve: people and organizations who refer to December's tsunami as an "asian disaster" or related synonym. The fact that people were killed and property destroyed in Africa, for instance in Somalia, Tanzania, and the Seychelles, is apparently not in people's minds.