Letter to ATL overlord

Dear Louis Miller, Congratulations on opening the new international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. As general manager, you must be very proud. I’m sure it took the involvement and commitment of many people to make the new terminal a reality. May I recommend adding one more person to that team? Perhaps a proofreader? I [...]

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Freaks like me

About 400 people have linked, emailed, tweeted or otherwise made me aware of this cartoon: I love the cartoon, and I love that people thought (think) of me when they saw (see) it. (That’s indeed how I feel on a regular basis.) While most of my friends and family know me as the grammar guru, [...]

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Here’s a tip: Avoid the word “tips”

Cracker Barrel is to me is like catnip is to our cat Reggie (who seems to have left us for a neighbor). I cannot get enough of the Sunday homestyle chicken with a side of dumplings. Before entering the Starch Consumption Plaza, though, guests have to navigate the maze of rooster quilts, Oak Ridge Boys [...]

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Here a fail, there a fail, everywhere a fail, fail

It’s been a busy week for me as I prepare for my Provençal adventure, and it has been a busy week for this blog’s eagle-eyed contributors. Apparently, it has been a tough week for those who write for public view. For example, Max found a syntax mistake made by a WTOC Web writer. “[This] has [...]

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Signs of the week (weak?)

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I am posting?

I have been woefully slack at creating new content for this blog. I apologize. I’m overwhelmed with possible topics: My doctoral hooding ceremony, for which my chair wore jeans and paint-covered sandals The AEJMC conference I am attending that is making me feel like a James Franco-style slacker The fact that tapas places don’t seem [...]

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Signs of the times

Mike Judge is starting to look more and more like Nostradamus; his “Idiocracy” is akin to “The Prophecies.” You need evidence that we live in a society that is shunning intellectual curiosity and social responsibility? You must not have watched any of the debt debates. There are other signs all around of our declining intellectual [...]

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That’s what friends are for

Facebook is a fascinating petri dish. Where else can you find people from all aspects of your life hanging out, sharing information and ribbing each other? Facebook makes it possible for people to have exchanges like this: Granted, as evidenced above, typed words and computer protection can make people say things they might not say [...]

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Now featuring the Cat Herder Extraordinaire

As I mentioned in my last post, I taught a creative writing workshop at a community center in Jacksonville last week. Ages: 9-13 Hours: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Days: Monday – Friday Me: Completely wiped out There’s a huge difference between teaching 9 year olds and teaching 13 year olds, and there were three [...]

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An embarrassment of riches

Sign makers are having a really tough time. From Nate: From Charlotte: From Jacque: From Aimee: From Whitney, via imgur.com:

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