i’m rather tired of hearing about the “liberal media.” in fact, i don’t agree with the thought, although i don’t disagree either. let me explain. are the media on the left, sort of liberal in their attitudes? i’d have to admit, yes they are. however, are they automatically left, just because they’re part of the fourth estate?…
“either side” please, writers and speakers, stop saying “either side” when it’s not what you really mean to say. for example, i’ll read/see/hear something like this: “there was a statue of a lion on either side of the door at the entrance to the library.” what they are trying to tell you is that there…
I didn’t know, although I’ve seen evidence of it for years, that newspapers and magazines have taken it upon themselves to change the rules of language and grammar. It must have been a long ago conspiracy that concluded with the universal dropping of the serial comma – the comma where you have a list of…
Either late in high school or early in college, I was ordered to read The Great Gatsby. I regarded it as the most boring thing I had ever picked up. However, roughly 20 years later, I decided that it may have been me who was boring, so I decided – through the recommendation of others…
there are a few phrases that people are constantly saying that are just plain wrong, and apparently the people themselves just refuse to listen when i try to explain the errors. 1. “it was all downhill (or uphill) from there.” the reason people get this phrase wrong is because they are mixing up what it…
i was recently in a sporting good store standing near one of the registers, making a purchase, when a tall guy walked up around the line of registers and out the door. as he walked past me, the 20-something guy made too much eye contact with me. as he passed, i immediately looked at his left armpit,…
hollywood schmollywood. the place doesn’t have a create cell in its brain. there are only three types of movies cranked out of tinseltown these days, and how many will it take before we’re totally sick of these trends? the first is the remakes of 70’s (and older) tv shows. the brady bunch, the little rascals,…
there is no such thing as ADD or ADHD, and don’t let anyone tell you differently. if you ask a school psychologist if there is a physiological test that indicates this “disorder,” and if you ask for a simple yes or no answer, you’ll hear “no.” yes, there are children who demonstrate behaviors such as…
i love when there’s a news report about the findings of a new study. “people who go to church live longer,” came out last week. my all-time favorite, from a half-dozen years ago, said, “women who have unprotected sex are happier.” the male-dominated panel of experts went on to conclude that there must be something…
i’m 43. but the funny thing is that, aside from being old, i still get to know what it feels like to be a kid in class. i’m currently taking three graduate classes in order to not only further my education as a teacher but also to learn to become a better writer. in class,…
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