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Humorous Resume Mistakes
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Who doesn’t enjoy a little humor related to funny typos, mistakes, and wacky statements on a resume or cover letter–except for those who...
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Don’t Let Your Kids Shop and Drive
This is an off-topic post about the most annoying invention in the grocery store since the little sprinklers that turn on every time you reach for a carrot: the oversized shopping cart that allows a...
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Interview: A New Definition, Thanks to Randy Moss
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I love it when professional athletes talk. If it’s not a humorous mixture of mangled cliches and mixed metaphors, then it’s some...
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Trite Trophy Winner 2010: At The End of The Day
Gene Collier, a sports columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, has awarded the “Trite Trophy” to a deserving sports cliche for the past 27 years. In the column, he mocks commonly used sports phrases...
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Off Topic: How to Use Snow to Your Advantage
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities This is completely off-topic, but since so many of us have had to deal with more snow than we may like, I’m here to help. Use snow as...
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Tween a Rock and a Made-Up Word
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Using overly trendy language can lead to all sorts of problems, such as lengthy conversations and strained relationships. To make my...
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Call the Police!!!!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I’m of the opinion that one problem with using too many exclamation points is that it doesn’t work–the intended excitement is turned...
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What Are They Trying to Say?
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities First Night activities are a great way to spend New Year’s Eve without alcohol, but I’m not...
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Desciptivism Versus Prescriptivism
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities This sounds more like the wars the erupt between descriptivists and prescriptivists to me:...
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How to Write Good
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities A friend sent this along recently, and it’s worth a look (and maybe a laugh). Filed...
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