Last month's fiftieth anniversary of Strunk and White's Elements of Style really brought out the haters. The most entertaining was Charles Pullum. I heard him on the radio somewhere, but somehow I missed his article "50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice" in the Chronicle of Higher Education. He's snarky and funny and correct in his … Continue reading Grating Grammar

I don't know who's dumber--the guy reading a book while driving down the interstate or the guy filming it. Thanks Bookninja for finding this gem of human oddity.--David E

Charles Dickens' summer house is up for sale. Two million pounds will get you ownership of "Bleak House" in Broadstairs, Kent, in the UK. The house is not actually the model for the novel Bleak House, the novel, but Dickens did write David Copperfield while staying in the seaside manor.The estate agent's listing for the … Continue reading Own a Piece of History