Category Archives: Language

Book Review: The Glamour of Grammar

Posted on August 13, 2010 by JP

Unlike The Truth About Grammar’s mock rage (or raging mockery), Roy Peter Clark’s The Glamour of Grammar takes a witty, sometimes humorous, approach to teaching us what we have forgotten or never learned about “practical English.” Clark crams fifty essays … Continue reading →

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How Not to Advertise Your Business

Posted on July 28, 2010 by JP

This was on Mashable in response to a story on the correlation between Old Spice’s viral videos and their products’ recent sales. Is Howie unclear on the concept of a blog? Does this principal of Sky Pulse Media, which claims … Continue reading →

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Proof That Life Is Not Fair

Posted on July 15, 2010 by JP

This dipshit is on a full scholarship . . .

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Vagueness

Posted on July 15, 2010 by JP

Are marketers out of ideas or time? Why is it that their messages are short little phrases that seem tailor-made for Twitter but leave out specificity? Case in point: Get up to 80%? Of what? Or is it whom? Cash … Continue reading →

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Air or Heir?

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Jeff Puthuff

[Click to enlarge] At first glance this post from an alleged ex-Apple Store employee looks reasonably intelligent. There are a few problems with punctuation but nothing too bad for a blog comment. That is until you read the second-to-last sentence: … Continue reading →

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