Did Bally's lose a bet?

Did Bally's lose its apostrophe by betting on the Red Sox?

Went to Las Vegas for the first time this weekend. Had a blast with my college friends. But was quite disappointed in in the giant signs Bally's has on the side of its hotel and casino. (See image at left.)

The apostrophe seems to have vanished, much like my money did in the slot machines. I saw at least three signs with no punctuation.

But when we had breakfast, the coffee cups clearly included the apostrophe. So which is it? The official website indicates the name of the hotel is Bally's. A little consistency would be appreciated.

Say what?

Read the subhead, if you can.

Why bother?

A state-run Egyptian newspaper doctored a photo from the recent talks between Israel and Palestinian leaders. The question is, why? The Egyptians were not leading the talks. The talks were not even about Egypt. So why would the Egyptian paper change the photo to put President Hosni Mubarak in front of President Obama? It just seems silly to me.

That's not a word

Just found an interesting error on the official site of the Boston Red Sox. It should say "Surgery might be inevitable for Pedroia's foot." I'm not sure what the headline is implying. Anybody know what "sugery" means?

Read any guy's lit lately?

Just read a great piece by NPR's Linda Holmes. The title of the column is "Women are not Marshmallow Peeps, and other reasons there's no 'chick lit.'" The best line, IMHO, is this:

But at this point, I think the only solution is to stay away from the term "chick lit" as much as humanly possible, because it's become a term that means "by and about women, and not something you need to take seriously...."

And her other great point: Why don't we categorize books about men as "guy's lit"? Just something to ponder.

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