Reminder: Conte SLAMtastique Storytelling - Tonight 7pm

It will be here:

Shaika Cafe
5526 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
Deuxieme lundi de chaque mois, 7pm // Second Monday of each month, 7pm
Prochain Slam: 14 novembre 2011
Next event: November 14 2011


No, I am still not sure what I am telling, although I have ruled out telling the story about how playing "Grave Robbers From Outer Space" can land you a threesome.

The agent was hidden

I don't usually go into grammar discussions, but as someone who gets annoyed when people incorrectly say how one should avoid the passive voice because it hides agency, I was happy to see one of my co-workers attempt to hide agency using the active voice.

[A warning to anyone using the espresso machine]
"The tip of it apparently likes to fall off, which sprays boiling hot steam everywhere."


Cue someone correcting me about that sentence being in active voice, since one of the rules of grammar is that the moment you comment on its proper use you will make a mistake. :)