Springtime in Manhattan
Tourists in Times Square Blocking the sidewalk to gape At an ambulance...
Pet PeevesA collection of 9 posts
Cribbing
Just received another instance of one of my favorite emails. It goes something like this: Hi! You've been such a help and inspiration, I'd like to send you a copy of my...
Don't knock it
I was reading a major novel from a major genre publisher last night (okay, it was Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston, from Del Rey), when a character suddenly "knocked" an arrow...
Yet another pet peeve...
...is when someone says "tenant" but means "tenet." A tenant is an inhabitant. A tenet is a principle. The building's tenants adhered to the tenets of Zoroastrianism....
I like my size the way it is
Remember how collective action killed the tag back in the late '90s? I'd like to kill another annoying Web practice from that era that seems to be making a resurgence: sites that resize...
AOL Intrusive Messenger
Raise your hand if AOL automatically added an "AIM Bots" groups to your IM client, with MovieFone and ShoppingBuddy as members. Fucking AOL. I switched to Trillian to get away from this shit. I...