Beyond the Rhetoric

First of all, I’d like to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween. You know what would be really spooky? What would be really scary and terribly eerie? The thing that would frighten me the most is if I finally crack the deplorable NFL football pick performance that I’ve been enduring lately. Wouldn’t it be [...]

When you work with very limited supervision (as is the case with freelance writing), it’s important that you do your best to stay on track. Earlier this month, I wrote about the value of redundant to-do lists and how these to-do lists can ensure that you stay focused on the task(s) at hand.
You have to [...]

Sometimes I try to come up with a theme for What’s Up Wednesdays. Last week, for example, I focused on making money. Other times, it’s just a random compilation of posts that I found in the blogosphere and today’s edition clearly falls into the latter category. It’s hump day, so hopefully at least one of [...]

Just as many people have trouble differentiating between affect and effect, a common error concerns the difference between less and fewer. It certainly doesn’t help that “respected” organizations like Walmart and Safeway make mistakes with less and fewer all the time, further exacerbating the prevalence of bad grammar.
Do you know the difference between less and [...]

Going into this week in the NFL, I tried my best to stay as optimistic as possible. Unfortunately, words cannot describe just how frustrated I am. The graph is pretty self-explanatory.

The Monday Night Football game between the still undefeated Tennessee Titans and the formerly glorious Indianapolis Colts was particularly frustrating, because the Colts unnecessarily “went [...]