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Archive for December, 2010

I’m in the middle of the end of semester grading, and here are some interesting comments I’ve seen so far. One paper footnoted the term “the.”  It was obviously a mistake, as there is not a whole lot more information you can give down below. Another sentence read “Notice the tow ‘ifs.’”  To which I [...]

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temporary

I don’t mean this as political commentary, but my initial thought about the tax compromise reached yesterday is how easily temporary becomes permanent.  President Bush was only able to pass his tax cuts because he promised they would be temporary, set to expire at the end of 2010.  Now we’re here, and what once had [...]

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so valuable it’s free

I wanted to write about LeBron James, but was afraid too many of you would accuse me of not forgiving him.  Is forgiveness even the right category here?  I don’t know him, he’s never done anything to me personally, so I am not really holding anything more than a sports/entertainment grudge.  Do entertainment grudges require entertainment [...]

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