Happy New Year, Humans of Earth!
Post your linguistic pet peeves here.
I'll start with with the improper use of the third person plural personal pronoun "they" when the singular form is called for.
(See below for the correct pronoun to use in this case.)
Story Another legend gone. I'll never be able to think of Buffett without thinking of the late, great Rich Lane, the biggest Parrothead I ever knew.
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Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Toho Studios and directed by Ishiro Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world's most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened an
Read more…Of late, I've been indulging my interest in books, particularly crime/Detective fiction. Now, something I've always done is check the publication date of the books I'm reading to gain some historical context (I even did this as a small child reading
Read more…Once again, friends, it's time for the latest guidance from Marist College, which has inherited the Mindset List from Beloit College.
See the 2025 list here, the 2024 list here, the 2023 list here, the 2022 list here, the 2021 list here, the 2020 lis
Read more…As you know, I started a new job earlier this year, and the week of October 16-22 was Homecoming, the biggest of all the big-deal events on the calendar. Especially because it was the first full, in-person Homecoming they've been able to have in thre
So, as spooky season has just passed, I started wondering about something.
This is an example of what many would consider a classic witch:
I think most of us, if we saw this photo or saw someone wearing this outfit, our first reaction would be "Wit
Read more…I usually read most comic strips online daily through Go Comics dot com.
However since Friday afternoon (November 18) only the following message appears against an otherwise totally blank screen.
"The requested service is temporarily unavailable. It
Read more…Just wanted to let everyone know that my new novel has just been released by Airship 27 on Amazon, featuring the debut of the Mysterious Samaritan known to some only as SOLITAIRE.
Jesse Frost was a rising star in the world wide conglomerate known as
Read more…From CNN: "Tina Turner, Resilient Singer Hailed as the 'Queen of Rock and Roll,' Dies at 83"
Read more…So I was thinking recently about compiling a list of "epic" rock songs. What do I mean by "epic"? In this case, I'm talking about lengthy songs (usually five minutes or longer) that have a lot of musical changes or actual movements, where different p
Read more…One of my favorite writers. He died this week. They make a big deal out of his two novels with Stephen King, but in my opinion, the novels by him alone were superior:
Ghost Story
Julia
If You Could See Me Now
The Blue Rose Trilogy (Koko, Mystery
Story I've never been a monarchist, but she's been a fixture of life since before I was born. I imagine that it'll be a huge adjustment for the British people.
Read more…2020 ended (DEC) with a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. 2021 began (FEB 11) with a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus. Even in these days of social distancing, star gazing is distant enough. Here's a preview of some of the top astronomical events of
Read more…Story Another one of my favorites from my younger days gone. I still have my vinyl of Physical that I bought - good God, is it really forty years ago?
Read more…Here is a topic I have considered posting for years. Inspired by Randy's Jackson's Epic Rock Songs discussion, I have decided to post at last. It has come to my attention that kids these days no longer to albums as cohesive wholes, which I can't even
Read more…It's likely everyone has listened to a song they liked and misheard the lyrics. That's not unusual.
However, have you ever thought your misheard lyrics were better or more interesting than those of the actual song? That replacing the actual lyric w
Read more…Assuming he makes it to next week and nothing goes awry with Bezos's ship, William Shatner will become the oldest person to slip the bonds of earth, if only for a short time.
"It's never too late to experience new things," says the 90-year-old act
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