Literally, A Web Log

The last straw (Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
“This is it,” I said to my husband, “the last straw.”
And this time, I meant it literally. I held the evidence up for him, demonstrating the obviously chewed silicone tip of the last replacement straw for our kids’ spill-proof cups.
The figure of speech […]

Ear Infection Vaccine Effort Underway - Yahoo! News
A powerful group of public and private institutions are literally earmarking funds and expertise toward a vaccine against common ear infections.
Submitted by Nic Dafis:
Not unless said funds and expertise have ears, which can be marked.
It was a nice attempt at a pun, though.

Abstinence pledges suck — literally (Salon.com)
A new eight-year study just released reveals that American teenagers who take “virginity” pledges of the sort so favored by the Bush administration wind up with just as many STDs as the other kids.
But that’s not all — taking the pledges also makes a teenage girl six times more likely […]

TV Watch: “Chaotic”: Britney and Kevin’s wedding video
8:10 p.m. Britney’s assistant Felicia notes guests were “literally knocked down by the fragrance” of the floral arrangements. I wonder if she knows the definition of literally.
It’s too bad they cut the part where Britney corrects her assistant: “Y’all are using ‘literally’ as an intensifier before a figurative […]

Microsoft and China The Cost Of Doing Business
Everyone knows right China is ripe for business, particularly the e-business. The population of China has number of well over 1 billion people for some years now and they are growing by leaps and bounds. They are literally a neo-industrial revolution.
I don’t know what this could possibly mean.
After […]