How to Use Me

After writing “It’s How Its Is Used,” I decided that I wanted to also write about one of my other pet peeves related to grammar.  Now, I am not perfect with my grammar, and I’m no language zealot, but there are a few common mistakes that drive me crazy.  Today... [Read More]

It’s How Its Is Used

I am really tired of seeing “It’s” get misused.   With the apostrophe, “it’s” is the contraction of “it is.”  If you are trying to talk about the possession of “it” then the word you want is “its” without the apostrophe. Yes, the English language is a little tricky here, but... [Read More]

The Sequel to E.T.: WALL-E

Over the holidays, we ended up watching WALL-E.  A coworker had recommended that we get it for the kids.  We actually watched it on the plane going to Cincinnati, then we watched it at the hotel, and we bought it when we got back to Seattle.  We’ve watched it a... [Read More]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta – Surgeon General?

I’ve always been very impressed with Dr. Gupta.  We watch quite a bit of CNN and he never ceases to amaze me with his breadth and depth of knowledge.  As it turns out, Obama’s administration is impressed with him too.  Read this article and you’ll be blown away at everything... [Read More]

Attention Login Forms, Control Your Focus

I remember back in 1999 when it was a really cool trick to automatically put focus into the first form field when the page finished loading.  That used to be an impressive bit of JavaScript.  But anymore, I am flabbergasted at how many sites implement this incorrectly.  I am tired... [Read More]