Yesterday, I found a job ad for a collections position at a children's hospital. This may be the worst job I can possibly imagine, and I say this as someone who had a job where I worked overnight cleaning toilets and got slapped in the face by severely mentally ill children. (Note: THESE THINGS DID NOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.) No, but, seriously, take a moment to think about being a collections representative for a children's hospital. Blech. It's weird to think about all the awful things that people are called upon to do on a regular basis.

Pun Time!

A few months ago, I watched Hobo with a Shotgun. It is an amazing movie featuring Rutger Hauer, though sadly it does not include him performing a monologue that begins, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." The basic plot of Hobo with a Shotgun is that a hobo (Hauer), fed up with the corruption and crime in his city, gets a shotgun and begins serving up mighty helpings of vigilante justice. My favorite part of it was this newspaper headline shown during a montage:

(Sorry for the awful quality; taking a picture of a TV screen does not yield great results.) Ugh, such a dumb pun, but it continues to light up my life every time I see it.

Grammar Time! 

Did you guys learn in school (or anywhere else) that you should capitalize the first word after a colon if it begins a complete sentence? Ex:

Here is what happened next: She ran over my legs.

vs.

Here is what happened next: she ran over my legs.

I learned that capitalization was mandatory in this situation, but no one else seems to have heard this. Did I imagine it?