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gregstaddon

English language teacher, grammar police operative and bibliophile.

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Vampyroteuthis Infernalis

The most EPICALLY named creature in existence, bar none. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm hand to Vampyroteuthis infernalis : "Vampire Squid from Hell"..

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Tragic

I have today discovered that there are still people in the world who think being a "nerd" is a bad thing.

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Mysterious Horror: Day 2

Having now sent a recovery request form three times, I have yet to receive a reply from Facebook, or indeed even a verification email.

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Mysterious Horror

Both my Warcraft and my Facebook account have been hacked and disabled in the last nine hours. What the shit is going on...?.

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Irritation

Why do so many people write about spiritual nonsense and get congratulated for it as though they have done something admirable.

6 129 66 words
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The Joy

"Heterosexuality isn't normal. It's just common." -- Dorothy Parker.

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The Meaning Of "Life"

"Darwinian evolution tells us that we are incipient compost: assemblages of complex molecules that, for no greater purpose than to secure sources of energy against competing claims, have developed...

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Time To Die

There is little quite so life-affirming as finding a can of Rentokil under the kitchen sink and perpetrating a moth holocaust outside your bedroom door.

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The Horrors Of Spring

You know when Spring approaches because the slugs that creep into the bathroom begin to resemble enormous rotting logs from the pestilent quarter of the Forest of Doom..

4 0 28 words
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Venal Swine

Teaching Visual Basic is like being slowly disembowelled. Through the eyes..

2 3 11 words
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Thought For The Day

When life gives you lemons, gape in profound awe because abstract concepts have begun dispensing citrus fruits like broken vending machines..

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Surely Not...

Jehovah's Witnesses claim that "Jesus is now reigning as an exalted king." Are these people brain-damaged?.

2 1 16 words
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Grammatically Correct

Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - Buffalo buffalo buffalo..

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