The ongoing conversation
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 from about the troll scene on. I might even skip the next two in the […]
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 How To Avoid Them)”. Now, in the fine tradition of such lists everywhere, they broke […]
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: Been suspended from school? No Q: Sung karaoke? Yes Q: Done something you told yourself […]
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 Gallery in South Hall at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Back in October, Chris […]