Archive for January 14th, 2010

Pet peeve

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Dear Anyone Who Wants to Write or Speak in English:

“Beg the question” does not – not - mean “raise the question.” It does not mean that. I’m not going to tell you want it means. If you want to know what it means, google it. Until you know what it means, don’t use it. All I’ll tell you for sure is that it does not – not – mean “raise the question.” It doesn’t ever mean that. Ever. So stop using it as if it does. OK? Just stop. Thank you.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Mikey Hicks, an 8-year-old from New Jersey, is on the terrorist watch list.

The first time he was patted down, at Newark Liberty International Airport, Mikey was 2. He cried.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

“… and by recovered I mean, apparently re-dipping their balls in gold.”

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