Beyond the Rhetoric

You may have noticed that many of my Grammar 101 posts discuss pairs of words that sound similar but have very different meanings. This makes sense, because it is through the words that we communicate with one another. However, the meaning of a sentence can be completely altered by the use of punctuation too. You [...]

George: ” It became very clear to me sitting out there today, that every decision I’ve ever made, in my entire life, has been wrong. My life is the opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, in every of life, be it something to wear, something to eat … It’s [...]

When I wrote that blog post saying that you don’t have to play to watch a certain sport, I didn’t really expect that post to somehow spawn a series. But that’s what happened. Since then, I’ve also stated that you don’t have to play to critique a player’s performance either, whether this be related to [...]

The Internet has certainly come a long way. My first ever blog post wasn’t even really a blog post; it was the first issue I sent out as part of an e-mail newsletter. Since then, I’ve made my way through Geocities, some lacklustre GoDaddy blogging software, and onto WordPress. Yes, there are many commercial blogs [...]

Every month, I try to a quick roundup for the people who posted the most comments in the preceding month. Somewhat not surprisingly, the names hitting the top of the list for July 2011 look pretty familiar. Let’s see what’s going on with their own respective sites. Ray Ebersole sits at the top of his [...]