Does anyone remember Death from The Seventh Seal making an appearance in 1991’s Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey? They’re too stupid to play chess, so they challenge him to like Twister and stuff, and he keeps losing? “A hit. A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s also time for my annual reminder to anyone who will listen that Purim is a celebration of the only book of the Bible that makes no mention of God.
Per The Chicago Manual of Style chapter 8, paragraph 109, the term copyeditor heaven is rendered in lowercase.
Guess who never finished a novel, that’s right, it’s that guy I’m not drawing right now! But I’ve already finished this one once so it just stands to reason I should be able to finish it again.
I find this quote very steadying quite apart from the fact that it comes from half of my beloved Gilbert and Sullivan; that part’s just a bonus. See also this comic.
Folks, after more than twenty years in this business I can tell you that much of bad writing comes down to lack of confidence. Lack of confidence in what? In any of the three things involved in writing: yourself, your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Governor William Bradford is (I am told) a predecessor of mine on my mother’s side. He’s also the guy who forbade public Christmas celebrations in Plymouth colony, so maybe my curmudgeonly attitude toward Christmas is genetic. I admit I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I see this one with surprising frequency. I assume it’s a sign that the writer knows she’s not conveying strangeness adequately but doesn’t want to fix the problem by actually describing the situation. But using fancier words doesn’t fix bad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you haven’t heard about this already, yes, Verizon et al. are trying to break net neutrality again. In a textbook case of the fox guarding the henhouse, the president put their pal Ajit Pai in charge of the FCC,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
