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I keep trying to find some time to post all the little bits I keep coming up with that would be interesting, but by this point that would take at least an hour, so here’s at least a placeholder for now: This was in the email from Careerbuilder.com for the job fair I went to on Tuesday — a note that said that “Buisness Attire” would be required.

I’m noticing more and more typos in the corporate media these days, especially in TV news. One local station’s news was telling about a feature series running on their 10:00 report, and they splashed across the screen, ‘LATER TONGIHT”.

“Tongiht”? Sounds like a Polynesian appetizer made from parts of the iguana you don’t want to know about.

Seriously, though: That’s a clear warning sign of the breakdown of civilization, people: Laxity in the mass communications oligarchy.

This is exactly what precipated the first crumblings of the Roman Empire: You get sloppy in what goes out in your messenger scrolls, and the next thing you know the fleece vendors are rioting in the streets and the gladiators are setting fires to the olive farms.

Is that what we want for our country?

1. Yesterday was our anniversary! Yes, 11 years since we got married and she hasn’t kicked me out yet; so far so good. We were going to eat at a place in the mall at Frisco, but the mall was so crowded that people were jockeying for parking spaces at the far edges of the parking lot. We decided to sidestep that war and eat a Cristina’s, a Mexican restaurant on the fringes of the lot.

2. Today is Veteran’s Day, a time when we stop to remember that Freedom has never been free, and that thousands of good men and women have put themselves in mortal danger in order to pick up the tab for you and me.

Think about that for a bit, and to help you do that, here’s a slideshow tribute:

Yeah, yeah, I need to post. Excuuuuuse me, I’ve been job-hunting.

Details later, but for now … I mentioned Oblivion (on Saturday, keep up), so here’s a hilarious (for the first 2 minutes, you can blow it off after that) “modded” sequence. Check out the innkeeper about 54 seconds in, and the monks at 1:30:

Everybody dance now!

You may recall my mentions of little Pippin, the dog we’ve puppy-sat a few times since September of last year. We just found out that she passed away this morning, while being kenneled at the vet for having a sick stomach for a few days. They think it might have been pancreatitis.

Pippin was a nervous little dog, and needy, and she drove Bristol crazy. Those two always ended up chasing and fighting, and that was driving poor, quiet Molly crazy.

Still, she was sweet, and it’s sad when any pup has to go, and we’ll miss her.

It’s Todn8r’s birthday today, and if he had bothered to give me his current email address, I would have already sent my birthday greetings personally, but since he didn’t, I feel forced to post this very flattering photo of him wearing the jersey of his favorite sports team in the world.

Isn’t that right, Todn8r? You like the ‘Skins, dontcha?

Anyway, happy birthday, old man! (I gave you your present earlier in the year, when I talked you into playing Oblivion. You’re welcome.)

There was a “The Office” convention this week in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and, seeing that the city is less than half this size of even Amarillo, this show is the biggest thing ever to happen to the city.

Needless to say, they’re enthusiastic about it.

Anyway, here’s a slideshow from some fans in attendance:

And here are lots more videos of the convention, the Q&A sessions, and of course the city.

(And by the way, presidential contender Joseph Biden is from Scranton — you’d think he’d be trying to ride the show’s popular to get ahead in the polls. Seeing as he’s barely edging out Dennis “Beam Me Up” Kucinich, I’d sure give it a shot.)