"I'm amused that right after 'potato, my penis droops' up pops Quayle."

I say, in the laughing-in-bed first-post-of-the-morning.  Quayle is a regular commenter here, but — who knows, on the internet? — it might b...

"I was reckless writing about recklessness."

I say, noting that I got quoted over at Instapundit with a missing "it's" apostrophe: "he’s entirely reckless about what...

"SYMPATHY FOR THE NICE GUYS OF OKCUPID."

That all-caps at Instapundit comes across as a comic misspelling of "Occupied," but the nice guys in question are at OKCupid. I...

"Kim Kardashian: How do Armenians feel about her fame?"

BBC homes in on the question everyone is asking. "Kim is an Armenian and famous in the world, so this is enough for every Armenian to b...

Pat Sajak condemned as a pronunciation Nazi.

When "seven swans a-swimmin'" for "seven swans a-swimming" costs Navy Intel Specialist Renee Durette $4,000. The ...

"It's a free market, Dave. Plenty of schools don't have sports. Go to one of those schools."

Over at Isthmus, the Madison "alternative" newspaper, Meade takes on former mayor/current columnist Dave Cieslewicz who's fre...

Torture in "Zero Dark Thirty": "It’s enough to make you wretch. It’s arguably the best and most important part of the movie."

Spencer Ackerman — whose wretched spelling may make you retch — struggles with the question that's plaguing movie fans today: Does the ...

"Axelrod said all the 'empty binder' talk from the GOP didn’t prompt creation of the new brochure..."

Talking Points Memo gives the glossy pamphlet a glossy presentation. (Though not glossy enough to spell "brochure" correctly ever...

"Now that Obama isn’t more 'likeable' than Romney any more, likeability doesn’t matter!"

Says Instapundit — spelling "likeable" the way I do and linking to Jennifer Rubin , who spells it the other way. And here 's...

Rouged individualism.

With all this talk of rugged individualism and emphasis on women at the conventions, I offer my coinage: rouged individualism . My Google se...

At last. Romney gets revenge for all that mockery over spelling "America" "Amercia."

Obama spells "Ohio" "Oiho."

50 Shades of Gary.

Typo I just made, observed the comic potential of, and, after Googling , discovered had already been deployed. Speaking of typos and "S...

"A coin collector and Sherlock Holmes fan, Snigdha aced the word 'guetapens'..."

"...  French-derived word that means an ambush or a trap, to outlast eight other finalists and claim the trophy along with more than $4...

Spelling time again.

The best blog coverage, year after year, is at Throwing Things . ADDED: " doo buh TAHN tay : The attitude of the Montana Supreme Court ...

"In an embarrassing blunder, Romney's campaign misspelled the word 'America' on its new 'With Mitt' iPhone app, launched Tuesday."

Ouch.

"Sandra Day O'Connell (Retired Justice, U.S. Supreme Court)."

How quickly we forget... From a list of 2012 Law School Commencement Speakers . IN THE COMMENTS: Mitchell said: That spelling was chosen aft...

"For my own part I always spell so with lots of f’s and g’s and such like tailey, twirley, loopey things, when my heart is in the tender vein."

Wrote H.G. Wells, who wondered why people "do not grumble more at having to spell correctly" — quoted in this review of "The...

"I meant coke! And fizz! Screw this auto cucumber!"

The Top 50 Fan Favorite entries in Damn You Autocorrect's first year. I just made a nuisance of myself laughing way too much. Meade thin...

"Mic Check" jackassery disrupting a speech by Governor Scott Walker.

Here's the report in the Chicago Tribune: The Republican governor, who appeared before about 300 people at a public policy breakfast at ...

Justice Scalia defines "pizza."

"I do indeed like so-called 'deep dish pizza.' It's very tasty... But it should not be called pizza. It should be called a ...