1. I got a kick out of this Horoscope for Editors by John McIntyre. Mine (Taurus) says, "The project that has been in the works for eight weeks will land on your desk three hours before deadline." I can imagine doing a horoscope for all freelancers, or work-from-home parents, or parents in general....
2. Some useful questions to try on people who claim to be copy editors.
3. How to cook a fucking steak. (via Nancy, prompting Diane to say, "I feel like I'm watching The Culinary Institute of Deadwood!")
4. I normally don't care for David Brooks one bit, but I did like this piece he did on Bruce Springsteen and "emotional education."
5. Here's a cool optical illusion.
And what exactly IS your opinion of the Oxford comma?
Posted by: Mark | November 29, 2009 at 06:44 PM
I'm strongly pro-Oxford comma. My favorite example of the trouble you get into without it comes from a (probably apocryphal) book dedication: "To my parents, God and Ayn Rand." :-)
Posted by: Karen | November 29, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Don't get me started on the serial comma. I have threatened to physically remove the comma key from writers' keyboards because of it. I enjoyed the piece and love noticing that she should have capitalized "Akita."
On the other link, I'm trying to picture myself grooving to "Candy's Room" with David Brooks. It's not happening.
Posted by: Susan | November 30, 2009 at 05:31 PM