Funny stuff from Dan Asmussen of the S.F. Chronicle.
The world according to Jim
Just for fun I thought up this list of reasons why we crave Romenesko’s Media News, where it’s news if it reveals: Something happening at a New York magazine none of us reads. Something happening at one we do read.…
The Gender Genie
… can tell if you write like a girl. I tried it on three of my posts and the genie said my guyness overwhelmed my girlness on two of them. (Hat tip to Olive Press for the link.)
Clay’s favorite nitpicks
Flack/flak; momma/mama/; gauntlet/gantlet.
On appositives
From the Purdue writing lab. An appositive is a noun or pronoun — often with modifiers — set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify. The newspaper biz’s favorite use of the appositive is to put quotes around…
Save me, Jonah!
That evil Media Elite stole my babies away and won’t give ’em back!