Books
Last week, The Baltimore Sun‘s book blogger Dave Rosenthal proclaimed the ’00s “the Stephenie Meyer decade” — a move destined to manufacture heated debates and, naturally, more traffic to the paper’s site. His post predictably stirred the passions of 15-year-old gi… er, 32-year-old women, who finally found a national cause they could rally behind. (Sorry, [...]
Continue reading about Stephenie Meyer, Twilight and the Very Bleak Future of Culture
First off, a disclaimer: I’m a language snob. I may use a wide variety of frowned-upon slang, obscure localisms and creatively-worded profanity, but I also know the difference between a complete sentence and a formless vomiting-up of consonants. If only that were the norm. Over the past decade, society’s general appreciation of language has taken [...]
Ego, Cynicism and Bad Reviews: What I Learned by Peeking at My Bounce Rates
Last week, I shared what I learned by blogging weekly instead of daily. Judging by the high volume of traffic, retweets and comments that post generated, people are very interested in what makes someone else’s blog tick. One comment that caught my eye was from Virginia Nussey, who said: I shared your findings with my [...]
Continue reading about Ego, Cynicism and Bad Reviews: What I Learned by Peeking at My Bounce Rates