AAAARGH! Am I the last person on the Internet to learn that modern typography calls for just one space after a sentence, not two? In my defense, yes, I did learn to type on a manual typewriter, which had a monospaced (fixed-width) Courier font. On the other hand, I have been writing and publishing on… [Continue]
The End of Summer
Today as I was driving home after playing tennis, I saw it: the huge tractor trailer parked in an empty lot near my house. Every year it returns, although I swear that each year it arrives earlier and earlier. As I drove past, I thought about the end of summer, the start of school and… [Continue]
Lemony Snicket Sweepstakes
“The End” is near! Lemony Snicket’s thirteenth and last book in the Lemony Snicket series will be released this month. And in celebration of this dreadful event, Surfnetkids is giving away Lemony Snicket books. http://prizes.surfnetkids.com Register today for a chance to be one of 13 unlucky Surfnetkids readers to win Lemony Snicket books. The grand… [Continue]
