My wife tells me I ought to feature a fish that's actually called the Sarcastic Fringehead on the blog — it's a natural. I wonder if she was being sarcastic, but she looked so innocent when she told me.
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A couple days ago, one of my doctors told me that "if you could bottle your sarcasm and sell it, you'd be a rich woman." So of course, I had to take this online quiz to see how it measures up against medical opinion.
An old college friend and accomplished writer, John Scalzi, recently posted a list of writing tips for nonprofessionals, which I'd highly recommend for professionals and nonprofessionals alike.
Straight from Neatorama:
Sarcasm is a cognitive challenge. In order to get the sarcastic sentiment, we can't simply decode the utterance, or decipher the literal meaning of the sentence. Instead, we have to understand the meaning of the words in their larger social context.
That is scary.
Resembles the defensive posture of the Frilled Lizard!?
Fantastic. Something else to have nightmares about...
Although...it does get cooler the longer you stare at it.
Your wife's heart is as pure as the new driven snow.