(More history for a story idea. I couldn't manage to get the tone I wanted, so I'm disappointed with it, but it's good to have notes down ( Read more... )

This time it's just a minor annoyance. Geico ads keep saying "People must enjoy saving money," but strictly speaking, I think it be better if they said "People must enjoy spending money on things that aren't car insurance ( Read more... )

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"Is photography a crime?" The question is framed in such a way that it wants to be answered "No." The author might have had a bias ( Read more... )

I can't sleep, not now, and I don't know why. No ideas are tormenting me, nothing that I need to write. I'm just tired, deep down tired, and I like in bed and stare at the ceiling, textured like hand prints ( Read more... )

"If something dead was evil enough, could it come back to life ( Read more... )

Were you aware that adding different ingredients to a sandwich can have an impact on that sandwiches nutritional content?

The cheese in a cheeseburger can substantially change its nutritional value. For example, a slice of Cheddar can add 95 calories and 4.5 grams of saturated fat to a burger.
Wow. The second slice doesn't have any calories ( Read more... )

I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. I can't speak Hebrew, but I can read it, for the most part. I need some practice, but picking up the aleph-bet again won't be too much trouble. I can speak German. In fact, I began studying German for precisely one reason, and I've never followed up on that. But now-- I've got an e-reader, it can handle ( Read more... )

"America is at a crossroads ... we must advance or perish"

Now, as evidenced by the ellipses, that's not precisely what he said in the speech, but the sentence construction implies this. And a decent editor should have caught this and pointed out "You know, at a crossroads, you have more than one direction to advance in."

If you're only providing two ( Read more... )

It is not a large building, but it is large enough. They have a copy of Dog's Body and I haven't read it around 20 years. It's still a good, if quick, read. Dianne Wynne Jones turns out to be far more prolific an author than I knew. Some time I'm going to have to sit down and read some more of her work. They also have a copy of Wolves in the Walls ( Read more... )