Our Favorite Typos

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My wife types up our grocery list, and lately she’s found two recurring typos. I wonder what they mean.

*Instead of Uncle Ben’s Rice, she typed “Unclean Ben’s.” Dang that leprosy! Or maybe it’s some ritual uncleanness that can be put right… as long as you don’t eat the rice.

*And then there’s Wishbone’s “Fate-Free Italian Dressing.” Well, that’s a relief! I mean, really–you open a bottle of salad dressing and fate comes out??? We are profoundly relieved that Wishbone has taken care of that.

*Everyone has encountered this little glitch–you want to type “public school” and it comes out “pubic school.” Which, considering the latest developments in pubic education, isn’t so far out. (Ai-ya! Did it again, didn’t I? Some typos are more persistent than others.)

What are some of your favorite typos? Share them with us–who can’t use a good laugh, these days?

Some Small Achievements

For those of you who may be curious about what I do when I’m not writing, researching, blogging, or catering to my cats–

I’ve just finished reading my new book, The Temple, and I was amazed to find not a single typo in it. I’m a whiz when it comes to spotting errors after the book is published and it’s too late to do anything about them. Once the train leaves the station, I can really see it! But the proofreading staff at Storehouse Press is just about the best in all the world.

I’ve been riding my bike just about every day since I got it a few weeks ago, and this morning I was able to execute my first turn… no-handed. When I was a kid, it took me months and months to master the art of riding without using my hands. The mastery of that esoteric art has come back to me in just about no time.

Well, back to work.