You don’t see it often. It’s tabooed. It’s tacky. It’s overkill. It’s immature. It’s a punctuation mark that deserves a chance. (Sacrilege! Witch! Witch! — See? Useful.) Students, writers, student-writers, editors and the like are warned about the dangers of the exclamation mark pervading the written word. Editors are told to remove it unless encountered … Continue reading
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God speed to a new, improved you–who reminds me of that guy
Hey, you, and you, and you, get off of my cloud. The funny thing about trying to be unique is that you set yourself up for failure by striving to embody a word that amounts to very little. “Unique.” And its synonyms don’t do much in the way of clearing things up. Sure “idiosyncratic” may … Continue reading
How I learned to stop worrying (almost) and love journalism (for the most part)
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a fairly nervous person, a quality that is often aggravated by my prolific coffee intake. Of course, my chosen career path isn’t exactly “stress free” (then again, does such a profession exist?) But journalism, on a whole, from what I have ascertained, can wreak havoc on a … Continue reading
So long Borders, bank account
I haven’t quite been able to stop talking about this whole Borders closing thing. As a book addict, the news has hit me pretty hard. I know I seem waaay too alternative to care about a chain closing, but this is serious business. If Borders can close, I don’t hold much hope for other book stores in … Continue reading
Kathryn Brenzel 