Musta been tuf to be a copy editor at the Chicago Tribune back in the day
Thumbing through a 1967 special section of the Chicago Tribune we found at an estate sale and noticed that they spelled through and though as thru and tho, like the kids…
Thumbing through a 1967 special section of the Chicago Tribune we found at an estate sale and noticed that they spelled through and though as thru and tho, like the kids…
When you're creative, it's important to have someone in your life who can tell you that what you think is clever is actually just stupid. How do I know? Because…
Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth. Obviously, this brilliant quote from Iron Mike works both literally and figuratively. But it's a great and timely…
Remember that time the Vatican misspelled Jesus on a commemorative coin? Solid comedy gold. Now some sheriff's office in Florida misspelled God on its office rug. But you know what's…
First of all, let's answer the most obvious question: Yes, I was at the gym. I go to the gym sometimes. You don't get pythons like this by just sitting…
Pretty disappointed today in my editing brethren after the Associated Press' bombshell that it will no longer make the distinction between more than and over. If Facebook and Twitter are…
But only if we can leverage our core competencies! It's been a long time, everyone. Have you missed me? Of course you have. I've been away for the past few…
In the past week or so, I've watched two episodes of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." It makes me ashamed a little, but it's not like I planned to…
I had a boss once who hated acronyms and abbreviations so much that he even discouraged us from using FBI. "Alphabet soup," he called it. I get it. It can…
At some point earlier this year, I buckled up the tool belt and went to work on this old house in Colorado to prepare it for selling. Not too long…