I Was Hacked!

Or something. Well, not me, exactly, but this blog. Yesterday, friend and faithful reader, Becca, informed me that for 2 or 3 days she’d been receiving a virus warning when logging into […]

American Accent Quiz

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the […]

What copy editing?

In two books I’ve read recently, I’ve come across what I believe is incorrect use of the semicolon. In both cases, the semicolon was used to link an independent clause with a […]

Orphan Works

Do you like the random, generally unrelated images I post on this blog? Well, get this: Under proposed Orphan Works legislation, I would have to register each and every image I posted […]

Giant Vegetables

Last week, Kat asked, “I was wondering, though, with your super-long Alaskan days, do your plants grow super big? Or does it otherwise affect them?” My answer: yes and no and probably. […]