Good writing, bad writing

My boss and I were laughing at work over the outrageously bad writing on a restaurant website. Here's a sample from the "Mise-en-scène" (I've heard of mise-en-place in a restaurant kitchen, but geesh):

Apocrypha’s fare and libation are presented by servers whose ethereal timing ensures both comfort and elegance. Hailing from a variety of places and with a shared passion for fine dining, they present the meal with a subtle precision and an acute attention to detail which seamlessly fuses together all the elements of the Apocrypha dining experience.

It's hard to know where to begin to skewer the lack of punctuation and basic grammatical understanding, not to mention pretentiousness.

On the other hand, Sunday's NYT Book Review had a review of Kevin Henkes's latest kids book, which was beautifully written. It captured everything that I love about his work: "Henkes’s best books are good for you the way art is good for you, as opposed to the way right-thinking lesson plans are."

How to Tell if You're a Robot

During bath the other day, I had been getting lots of cheap laughs by pretending to be "Robot Daddy." Later, I had this discussion with her.

Joel: How do you know I'm not a robot?

Miriam: Because you look like a human

Joel: What if I'm a robot who looks like a human?

Miriam: You can't be a robot. You have a human voice, and you don't have batteries.

I think Miriam may be the latest in the long line of Abrams lawyers.

Rock Paper Scissors

One of my favorite features of the Boston.com search engine is that you can play Rock, Paper, Scissors online. A very silly feature. But one that amuses me no end.