Like/Dislike – June Edition
Posted by Hannah Brown
Friday afternoons find many Weaverites gathered in the break room for a happy-hour beer, talking about important world events like who got kicked off “Top Chef” and that hilarious cat-fights-printer video. Below, you’ll find recent Friday topics that have brought us digital-marketing types great joy and great sorrow. Well, maybe not sorrow, but at least some spirited grousing.
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Points for Style
Three cheers for the Associate Press Stylebook for finally deciding to live in the now. Its outdated, no good, too-much-space-taking “Web site,” has been thrown overboard for the much-loved and more commonly used “website.” For people who geek out about these types of things like we do, check out FakeAPStylebook on Twitter. A few recent gems:
- Do not be afraid to use exclamation points in your writing. They can sense fear.
- Do not confuse the Mexican holiday “Cinco de Mayo” with the recent condiment stock trading scandal, “Sinkhole de Mayo.”
- It is no longer necessary to write new stories about Facebook privacy issues; just change the dates.
- Daylight saving time – not “savings,” thanks to those tax-and-spend Democrats, are we right?
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There’s a Pocket For That
Gadget worshippers rejoice! SCOTTeVEST, maker of clothing for people who used to be called nerds but are now euphemistically termed “early adopters,” has announced a line of iPad-compatible clothing. For the savvy tourist among this population, we recommend the 22-pocket travel vest. With secret nooks and holders designed specifically for iPads or Kindles, smart phones, ear buds, Camelbak-style water-hydration systems, travel documents, memory cards and more, the vest is perfect for those known to be prepared for every digital occasion. The company has a lightweight, surprisingly fashionable (given the number of pockets it’s smuggling) garment for anything else you can imagine toting along whilst sightseeing.
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Fleecing the Flier: Airline Baggage Fees
Much has been said about the recent transition of air travel to a costly, personal-space invading adventure that tests your patience at every checkpoint, gate and upright tray-table position, but Spirit Airlines recent announcement that it will charge $45 for carry-on bags is the last straw.
It’s gonna take some creativity to get around this indignity: How many pairs of pants can I wear at once? If I wear a Rockies cap during my business meeting, I won’t need to bring my hairdryer. Perhaps the Rick Steves model of packing — two wrinkle-impervious safari shirts crammed in a fanny pack per week of travel — will serve me better than my previous one-outfit-a-day plan. If only someone made a vest with 20-plus pockets.
To Spirit Airlines and any others considering following suit, we say in no uncertain terms, “We will avoid flying with you … If at all possible … Unless you’re the cheapest.” And to helpful articles like this one in the New York Times, we say, “Thanks for the packing tips!”
Hannah Brown is a Content Editor at Weaver who specializes in banishing lazy sentence construction, militantly hyphenating compound modifiers, and giving her thesaurus a good workout. She has 9 years of writing and editing experience including 4 years at Weaver.
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