I’m decidedly “meh” on The Hobbit (which I saw last night). I enjoyed the first third or so  and liked some of the changes, but the battle set-pieces did not engage me, and I was just waiting for the end Continue reading
I always knew I’d end up blogging about grammar and style here. I wasn’t planning to get there right away, but one of my favorite sites, Lifehacker.com, just ran an article titled “The Most Common Grammar Gaffes Writers Make (and Continue reading
Sunday Meme Day again: Have you ever: Q: Kissed someone on your friends list? Five or six of them… Q: Been arrested? No Q: Do you like someone? You kids get offa my lawn! Q: Held a snake? Yes Q: Continue reading
That is, you can hear me shout “Puking� and say other words and phrases coined by the Bard if you go the the multimedia exhibition “Meme: Culture in Transmission�, guest curated by Susan Byrnes. The exhibition is in the Herndon Continue reading