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Featuring some of the latest Twitter and Facebook comments about Tosh.0.

If this is English class, I'd like to point out you're missing an apostrophe there. Contractions, girl. Contractions!

Okay, carry on.

Everybody gets an A!

I don't want to get into a whole political thing here, I just want to point out that this is the current Governor of Arizona… in a televised debate… presenting what most likely had to have been a somewhat prepared opening statement.

This is not what I would expect from a graduate of Glendale Community College having receiving a prestigious degree in… radiological technologist certification.

You know why she takes that long break to laugh?  Her brain finally caught up to present time and realized that somehow some idiot had put her in charge of an entire state of people.

Every week we see countless comments that have absolutely nothing to do with anything. Our favorite irrelevant comment this week came from Kim in response to The Story of Elves post.

Kim! You can't just string three random words together and call it a comment. That's not the way the English language works. I appreciate your enthusiasm though, with the exclamation point at the end. Maybe next time throw a pronoun or a verb in there and see what happens.

If you have any irrelevant comments please go ahead and leave them below. We bloggers truly appreciate your cooperation.

Dream fast whole!

Has anyone else noticed this?  Over the past couple weeks, Google has changed where their "definition" link leads.  Previously, when you clicked on the link, users were taken to Answers.com's dictionary.

Suddenly and without warning, you'll now find yourself directed to Google's own dictionary page.

Why the whining, nerd? you might be thinking to yourself.

Well, for one, Answers.com actually reads like a real dictionary.  Here is their definition for my least favorite word, "awry":

1. In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew.
2. Away from the correct course; amiss.

Compare that to Google's definition:

1. If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned.
2. If something is awry, it is not in its normal or proper position.

Dear Google…  What the hell are you talking about??  What dictionary is written like that?  If something is retarded, it is written in prose similar to that being used by this new Google dictionary.

I understand that Google wants to control every facet of human existence, but until now, I didn't realize that meant altering the way we use the English language.

I guess the days of being able to check the definition of a word with my Google toolbar are over.  That makes me sad.

"If you are sad, you feel unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like."

F'in' right, Google!!!  F'in' right!

Yeah, you better believe in change. As in: Changing what your tattoo says since that's not Obama's slogan anymore. Or at least changing which way your fingers bend so it reads from top to bottom.

We've all seen the town hall meetings and talk shows. Another lesser-known part of Obama's health care reform publicity push is through tattoo propaganda like the example above. See nine more awful Obama tatts at Crack Two. Hopefully the public option will cover the removal surgery.