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malsperanza's avatar

Sharpie as in switchblade?

malsperanza's avatar

As an editor, I sympathize with the gentleman. If I could use homemade bombs instead of Track Changes, I would not be spending weekends undoing half-assed incoherent edits inserted by authors who have no sense of deadlines, responsibility, or the basic rules of syntax.

Vienna Woods's avatar

Oh, thank goodness I'm not the only one who caught that. After marking student work all damn week that one jumped right out at me.

Vienna Woods's avatar

I guess I'm just a teacher who spent too many years teaching intro drama, but what immediately sprang to mind when I saw the guy's name was <a href="http:\/\/www.hmhbooks.com\/features\/harrisburdick\/" target="_blank">this</a>

Shypixel's avatar

Alex, I do believe that you misused a comma in your post.

Which Meet-up thingy should I meet you at to discuss?

Also: Do you know of a good home/kitchen supply store near the spot?

schmannity's avatar

Split infinitives lead to split atoms.

Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

He should go into the teaching profession. He could motivate the students with bombs.

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

try Bed, Bombs and Beyond

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

Kenneth, what is the frequency?

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

AKA Loughner. That dude wandered so far afield that he went completely past the RW lunatic fringe into some uncharted territory that couldn't be blamed on either team. Interestingly, he's right about Pima College though...

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

I'm guessing he's not invited to the drink thingy...