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Neglected Child of Punctuation?

This is quite possibly my favorite article this year; I love semicolons. The NY Times did a story some time ago on the same topic, but this is much better; yes, I found it linked from a blog.
Some gems, representing both sides of the debate:
If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t [...]

Golden Suicides: More Interesting - and Cultured - than Britney/K-Fed Baby Mama Drama

As some of you know, during my trip to Albuquerque this past weekend, I accidentally left my O’Hare-purchased copy of Vanity Fair in the seatback pocket as I deplaned in Denver…and I was engrossed in an article that I wanted so badly to finish that I bought another copy for $4.50 in Denver. This post [...]

NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month. Celebrate with me by participating in NaNoWriMo - a blitzkrieg style approach to writing a novel. The competition begins on November 1st and the goal is to write 50,000 words by month’s end.

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