We went to see the Mets on Thursday night, which was great, albeit ridiculously cold. The weather has certainly taken a turn for the better over the last few weeks, but sat in Shea Stadium for over three hours was brass monkeys cold. Thanks to Andy, and in turn his employers, for the tickets.
The Mets looked like they were going to lose, but took control in the 7th giving them a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros.
I love style guides. The peripheries of the English language are subject to a certain degree of interpretation, and a style guide intends to define how this interpretation should be made in a consistent manner. Here is a link to a portion of the BBC News style guide, linked to from Pete Clifton's regular post. The references to the Simpsons remind me of the article written by Joel Spolsky about writing specs.
Style guides could be construed as being dull, but using interesting examples that people enjoy relating to makes them more readable, digestible and memorable. As for this making them less professional in the meantime, it's a poor argument. The document (either the style guide or the spec.) is meant to be read. Make it dull, and it won't be read. Make it entertaining, and there's half a chance.
I went into a card shop to buy a card for Penny's 30th yesterday, to find out that 27 April will be Administrative Professionals Day and 6 May will be Nurses Day (both lacking apostrophes). To celebrate the foremost of these, we had a great night, starting off at the Hotel Gansevoort on Ninth Avenue and 14th Street and then moving on to a club called N/A on 14th between Seventh and Eighth. Great night, and fantastic to catch up with Penny and Patrik once again. Also good to catch up with Elizabeth after so long.
