A Whole Nother Language II

Why not continue with this? Here are some abuses of our language that need to stop now. Error: My car is so dirty it needs washed. Correction: My car is so dirty it needs to be washed. Error: Let\’s split this between the four of us. Correction: Let\’s divide this amongst the four of us.… Read More »

New Age and the Bible

How interesting it is that the New Age movement, or rationale, is paralleled to the Bible. It seems that everything that comes from the mouth of a New Ager is a principle taken from the Bible, with one exception: God is dethroned in the New Age. The more I paid attention to this the more… Read More »

A Whole Nother Language

It seems that many people, including well-educated people, are OK with the abuse of certain things in our English language. One of them is the word “another”. Here\’s the deal… “Another” is one single word. If you want to break it apart for the use of adding expletives or other descriptions in the middle of… Read More »

C# Database Connections and Queries

Create connection string:SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(“Data Source=DATASOURCE\\\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=DATABASE_NAME;Integrated Security=True”); try { conn.Open(); SqlCommand sql = new SqlCommand(“SELECT * FROM tableName”, conn); SqlDataReader reader = sql.ExecuteReader(); while (reader.Read()) { this.TARGET_ID.InnerHtml += reader[“column”] ; } } catch (SqlException sqle) { sqle.Message.ToString(); }

BP Sign

This sign is posted at a BP gas station. “Please notify attendant of any gas spills.” I wasn\’t sure if I should go inside and mention the oil spill in the Gulf. I mean, it says to notify them. The question is, if there is a spill, do I trust your company to do anything… Read More »

Obama comics

These are homemade, obviously. I guess there\’s a reason why I don\’t do these professionally.