Streisand Effect
Again with something I didn't know. In fact, I'm starting to think that the list of things I don't know is getting longer. Anyway, I'm reading about the NSA wanting…
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September 2, 2013
Ever read something so good you’re angry because someone else wrote it?
Yes, well, that's where I am with this post by Kory Stamper, whose blog I found today somehow. I know you're surprised that I would ever be angry about anything,…
August 28, 2013
Going forward, I see potential upside to synergies
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…
March 18, 2013
Posslecue is perfect
Add to the list of things I didn't know: POSSLQ. What a great thing I learned today in the New York Times article about what to call those of us…
January 7, 2013
Required reading for any language person
I've encountered my share of know-it-alls and fussbudgets in the editing (and writing) world, many of whom probably really believe they are doing God's work and making the world a…
December 13, 2012
The language of Abraham Lincoln
I got to see Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" recently, and it was a dazzling film. Daniel Day-Lewis, of course, was incredible, but he had a great script to work with. Screenwriter…
December 3, 2012
I will never be able to spell “poinsettia”
I have taken (and given) many, many editing tests in my life, and one thing has become very clear to me: I will never be able to spell poinsettia. It…
November 20, 2012
Apparently, I watch Jay Leno now
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…
November 6, 2012
A heaping helping of alphabet soup
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…
October 20, 2012
Schadenfreude is the best word ever
I used to keep a sticky note at my desk called "Words I Hate." These were words that I would run across in the course of my editing that I,…
September 24, 2012