My layer of the Onion

An apt description of my editing life can be summed up by this Onion story:

Commas, Turning Up, Everywhere

My favorite part: "Experts warn, that if this same, phenomenon, should occur with ellipses… "

More Onion love

Lest you think I've been deserting this blog, I bring you this from the Onion:

"[New Editor-In-Chief] Casey [Aclin] has been a real disappointment," Bartell said. "In a story last Monday, instead of saying 'Dean of Students Charles Baker,' it just said 'Dean Baker.' That's a blatant disregard of Free Press style rules that never would have flown on my watch."

In other news, I'm finally getting my new work schedule down to something more manageable (under 55 hours), so expect to see more of me around.

I love you, Onion

The Onion's always good for a language laugh. Witness:

Skywriter trailed by skyeditor
















And for good measure:

English Teacher On First Date In Ages Lets Dangling Modifier Slide

FALLS CHURCH, VA—Recalling that it was her first date since September 2005, high-school English teacher Melanie Fitzgerald thought it prudent to overlook the grammatical errors of dinner date Aaron McPherson on Monday. "I really had to bite my tongue when he said, 'After getting stuck in traffic this evening, canceling dinner plans would have been completely understandable,'" said Fitzgerald, recounting her date's response to her five-minutes-late arrival. "I kept telling myself to give him the benefit of the doubt, even after he said, 'Being nervous sometimes, I can come off a bit awkward.' " Friends of Fitzgerald have advised her to continue disregarding McPherson's poor grammar and instead focus on his character, which sounds like that of a complete asshole.