Monthly Archives: July 2012

I recently decided to catch up to the 1990s, technologically-speaking, and start a blog. My friend recommended WordPress.  “Create a new blog,” the homepage said.  “Start posting within seconds.” The first step was choosing a name, which must be unique … Continue reading →

Confession time: I have an e-reader.  Worse, I like it. I wasn’t planning on getting one.  When e-readers became the latest mass-produced hardware, I scoffed. I’ve always been sceptical of new technology.  While most of my friends text each other all … Continue reading →

This week’s contest called for new punctuation.  At first, this blew my mind, but then I had some ideas.  The New Yorker mentioned three of them, and declared one the winner.