International House of Grammar
By the time you read this post, I will have taken my friend Cara to IHOP for the first time. She’s Swedish, you see, and not only are...
All I Know about Hockey I Learned from Erotica
Over the last few weeks I had the pleasure of editing Bianca Sommerland’s latest book in her Dartmouth Cobras series, Iron Cross. The...
Turning Water into Wine
I love wine. If you didn’t know that, perhaps you’re one of the three people reading this blog with whom I’ve never interacted on social...
Don't Keep It in Your Pants
Allow me to begin with a short apology. Paying the rent and getting new passport stamps (Dubai!) has kept me away from this blog for too...
Bully Pulpit
BULLY (transitive verb): to treat abusively or to affect by means of force or coercion. When FDR was president, most Americans did not...
Posse in Effect
Do you ever get the feeling that the creators of the English language are just messing with you? Like, why are there so many words that...
You Like to Watch, Don't You?
I overslept this morning. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done that in the last twelve months. (Don’t worry, I was still...
Total Ellipsis of the Heart
Normal people don’t speak in complete sentences. They pause and stammer and vacillate and allude and do all manner of things which are...
"One Stomach Flu away from My Goal Weight..."
I had a grand plan for a fun, witty, grammar-centric post this week. Then I got a stomach virus, and all of my plans were sacrificed in...
Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
Years ago I had a boss who was very fond of the saying “Perfect is the enemy of good.” At twenty-two and unaccustomed to corporate-speak,...
