What will you do in 2025? Here’s what we will do.

white and black happy birthday card

According to the calendar — and they have a tendency to be accurate — this will be our final feature article for 2024. The common theme for this time of year is “New Year’s Resolutions,” and perhaps you’ve already started thinking about yours. Almost every list I see is comprised of actions — things we […]

God rest you merry, Gentlemen.

Everyone who reads English, and especially everyone who writes English, knows the importance of a properly placed comma. Several years ago I picked up a book on the topic of punctuation, very cleverly titled Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The cover shows two panda bears. One of them is on a bamboo ladder leaning against the […]

Christmas movies — and a Christmas present

My wife just bought a Christmas tee shirt. It’s red, and the front is decorated with red and white and green and yellow icons from Christmas movies. See if you can figure them out. How did you do? Great, I’m guessing, which means you know a lot about Christmas movies! There are some movies that […]