Monthly Archives: September 2009

5 Tips For Sounding Smarter (And Writing That Way)

Like most everything else on earth involving humans, grammar is prone to flights of fancy. We all remember when you used to be able to say “Ain’t” ain’t in the dictionary!, right? Well, some things remain solid and unmoving. Those things are important to know. Here are five of them.  Smart chicks will dig you. [...]

All the glorious fumbling

Persephone kills me with her posts. On a regular basis. Today, it’s this one. I needed to read these words today, to see these images, take note of these touchstones. Because I’ve been doing a lot of re-writing lately, and fuck — it’s exhausting. Tonight I’ve got nothing left, except a vague notion that I [...]

Carpet Treatment, Red Variety

I’ve been talking about the Oscars a lot lately — namely, that I want to attend them one of these years — and something my friend Dyana said reminded me of this post (from my previous blog), which is not about the Oscars, but the Golden Globes. Anyway, thinking of it made me laugh, and [...]