Save the Semicolon

There it is. The sentence that you polished till it gleamed has been mangled. You wrote it one way, but they published something different….

I’ve discovered a trend in my pet peeves. They’re generally not about “misuse” of English, but about a writer suffering from “look-at-me.” Today’s edition: “Cost prohibitive.” …

…So it all gets worked out. Every detail is organized through painstaking legal discussions and developer meetings. Months go by and finally the deal is done.

Then someone remembers the help….

I hope that regular readers will forgive this extremely rare personal post… About a year ago, my wife and I made the decision to move to Australia. She’s Australian and the kids have dual citizenship. After a decade in the US, we figured that we’d try to move closer to her family (unfortunately, this entails [...]

Have you ever sweated over a problem only to have someone new solve it in five seconds? I have. It’s times like that when I wonder if I’m really as smart as my mom says I am. I mean, this person strolls over, munching on a bagel or playing Angry Birds, glances at my screen, [...]