Word creation

Today's fun is an extremely unprofessional interview with a young man who apparently has made a lot of money in business. I'm embarrassed for my age group. 


The hype of all these product launches is kind of losing its guster.


Oh god no! It's losing its guster? 

Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine (Official Music Video). Guster

What ever will we do?

This is a life

Today's editing project: an academic text about the economics of popular music. Fuck yeah.

His name isn't important

In school we were taught that names should always be offset by commas:

My boyfriend, Paul, and I went to the store.

The logic is that "my boyfriend" and "Paul" refer to the same person, so "Paul" is extraneous and therefore should be offset by commas. We already know that we use commas to offset extraneous information in a sentence, so this logic is flawless.

Here's the problem: what if I have more than one boyfriend?

You don't know me, and you don't even care

This is how I feel most of the time...except for the Boston part.

Nothing to say

I've got nothing for you right now. So instead, please enjoy "Apologies" by Grace Potter.

How will this effect my writing?

I once saw a headline that said, "How Does Learning a Second Language Effect Our Grammar?" Actually, this was the title of a paper written by an English education student. If you're like me (and I know I am), this headline made you giggle. If you are not giggling or yelling, "Grammar fail!" then you probably should pay attention to this post.

Paramore are a band

Are bands plural or singular? This one really pains me because the rules have changed, which creates a bit of confusion on some parts. Usually when you have a group made up of many parts, you refer to the group as singular because the group is one entity. For example:

A flock of birds is sitting in that tree.
A box of chocolates is a really cliche Valentine's Day gift.
My collection of MST3Ks is extensive.
My family is dysfunctional.