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The Committee For the Correct Use of Commas
Quite often when I'm helping to edit this on-campus magazine that my life appears to revolve around, I get very upset over the use of commas.
One of our other editors held equally strong views regarding their proper use, and for a long time I thought she tended to be a bit militant about it. After all, in the general scheme of a well-written ( Read more... ) -
The Case of the Killer Microwave
It's 12.45 am. I'm winding down, making my hot chocolate, about half an hour away from crawling into bed and hopefully staying there for another seven hours.
Except that the preparation of the hot chocolate has now become a process fraught with peril. Because we have the microwave from hell.
If we had a captain's log of sorts this is how it would ( Read more... ) -
Some Last Few Remarks on the Awesomeness of Jeeves
I can't figure out the footnotes. Should come back later and put em in.
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On H. P. Lovecraft, And Others
H. P. Lovecraft is described as a sort of science-horror-fantasy writer, American, and looking quite grim and glazed himself.
Good god, I'm doing it myself, now. Let me explain.
So reading something like Lovecraft (I mean you really have to love that name) before you sleep doesn't seem like the smartest thing, does it? Filled as it is with nameless ( Read more... ) -
Collins and Creationism in the Classroom
This popped up in the New York Times when I was browsing the news today morning, and I immediately shrieked about it (online) to several friends:
Mental Health Is Just A Matter of Religion, Apparently
What I particularly like in this op-ed is how Harris points out the contradictions in Collins' argument. One of my personal issues with religion ( ( Read more... ) -
In Restrospect, Also Robots
I have the bad habit of overlooking terrible writing if it means getting to a meaty plot. This has included Rowling (no, it's not terrible, but the two dimensionality of her characters, at least in the earlier books, and the sheer potential that goes undeveloped (but that's why you have fanfiction!!! thank you Ams) really really annoy me) and now ( Read more... ) -
Slow Sundays
My epiphany for last Thursday: waterballs are, without a doubt, excellent icebreakers. The popular ones are drenched and, depending on the sort of person they (and you) are, you either smile fondly at the madness and continue, or secretly rejoice because that annoying girl was wearing a white shirt and is now embarrassed beyond belief. In my case ( Read more... ) -
Dedicated to the Most Awesome Person I Know
This helped (I like to think it did, anyway) A Friend who was suffering general angst and depression over the way one of her most favourite shows ended (and frankly I've been so completely dragged into this obssession of hers I'm beginning to empathize). A virgin foray into Torchwood.
“What, exactly,” said Jack, sauntering up behind Ianto, “ ( Read more... )