I try not to wince when I consider that the Apple stock I sold for about $60,000 in 2001 (and could have repurchased for about $40,000 in 2003) is now worth more than $790,000.

The unsuccessful American invasion of Canada. No, really.

Those who use "blog" as a synonym for "blog post" or "post." Especially when it's bloggers who do it. How does one distinguish between posts and blogs if one calls them both blogs? Does one talk about a blog on a particular blog? Can you see why this makes no sense? (Of course you can, gentle reader, you are probably literate.)