Wondermark: In Which There Is a Taunting

Time to Develop a New Motivational Strategy
I never actually had to teach my son to read. He went smoothly from being read to, to reading along,...

Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
My former student Mike Rubino sent me this link to a wonderfully awful new media course description. String me up...

Female man to female man
The always-interesting Language Log offers this detailed and thoughtful analysis of gender and sports terminology. Here's just a snippet:I've never...

Aviary - Terms
"We love you, but signing this agreement doesn't make us legal partners." -- Aviary EULAThat's from the "summary" column, on...

Dallas Police Department dropping police code for plain English
A minor disturbance is a 6, while a major disturbance is a 6X. A major accident is a 7X....