Well, in one week we can see how wrong or right I am. Here goes, my prediction for the 2008 elections:
Barack Obama wins every state won by John Kerry. His narrowest margins in the 04 Blue states are in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
Obama also wins, in declining order of margin of victory: Iowa, New Mexico, […]

So I bought gas today for $3.21. Better than $3.50 or $3.90, sure. But until gas is below $2, it’s still too much.

I saw an interesting headline on MSNBC: “Economic woes could curtail action on warming.” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27148094/). Basically, the point of the article was that efforts to fight global warming will probably suffer in the near term, especially those that would cost a lot of money and/or possibly stunt the economy.
On the other hand, the economic crisis […]

In a style guide I wrote for my staff last year, I advise everyone to just say “no” to ellipses unless they are used to separate thoughts in a quote. That is the primary use of ellipses, and I say that they shouldn’t be used to trail off at the end of a sentence.
But given […]

1. Sometimes, I can write really fucked up things. Ask anyone in my screenwriting class.
2. Coffee burns skin
3. Young love is funny, and a little annoying.
4. Not all staplers are created equal
5. I want a house

Phillips to make mass comm. students cry, criticize
Phillips: ‘AP headlines sometimes not necessary’
AP headline style makes sense in news, sports
AP headlines make entertainment stories bland, undesirable
When the AP gun presses against your head in a last-minute crunch to write a headline, you end up with the worst headline I’ve seen in weeks. If you […]

And editors need to do a better job of judging which columns benefit their paper and which are going to bruise their paper’s reputation.
Of course, I’m talking about Michael Denton’s latest gem in Wednesday’s Reveille. A lot of you have asked me what my opinion on it is, while others have come out and told […]

First of all, disclaimer:  I am incredibly drunk due to the incredibly low prices at Tiger Weekly’s BRING YOUR OWN CUP!
But without further adeueueueue, here are some things that might be important to you!
1. Bring your own CUP! — Now, a lot of you brought your own cup tonight, but I need more than that. […]

Have you ever discovered that a TV show, which was on for 10 years, is actually good? It happened to me a few months ago when a close friend of mine introduced me to the comedy gold that is Frasier.
My mom watched that show for all 10 years it was on, while I, being the […]