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My Rating: 4/5 About the Book Eats, Shoots, & Leaves is a humorous (and sarcastic) book that explores how punctuation affects our day-to-day lives. Written almost as an inside joke to those self-appointed “grammar sticklers,” author Lynne Truss points to all her pet peeves about how people misuse punctuation, and how

1. Conan O’Brien: Correcting Jennifer Garner’s Verb Conjugation Jennifer Garner attacked him first, insulting his poor grammar despite his lofty education. Conan got her back by proving her wrong. Who is right?   2. Weird Al Yankovic: “Sticking It” to Grocers everywhere Is there a single grocery store out there

Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway is making a name for herself by colorizing famous photographs from our history. According to an article about her in Time Magazine, Dullawy digitally removes “spots, dust and scratches from archival…photographs, [then] digitally colorizes the files to produce realistic and modern versions of the portraits, which look

The English language is filled with wonderful compound and metaphorical words like “slaphappy” and “scatterbrained” to describe emotions. The right emotional term can visually describe just precisely how you are feeling. You’ve probably heard people use words like “birdbrained” when they feel like they did something dumb or “bamboozled” when

If you haven’t yet delved into the wonderful world of fonts, now is a great time! All computers these days come pre-loaded with several dozen typefaces, but sometimes that pre-packaged collection just isn’t enough. After all, just how much longer can you get away with using Papyrus as your go-to

In an era in American history when Christianity has taken to the defensive, many Christian churches have turned to marketing campaigns to attract churchgoers. Unfortunately, the kneejerk reaction for many churches when they begin feeling like they’re losing ground in a world that is moving away from religion is often

If you have ever clicked on a link from an email you opened and suddenly your computer started acting weird, you know what it is like to be duped by a scammer. Unfortunately despite the fact that most of us know about these scam emails, many of us will still

Logos are a critical component to any branding and it is no different in college sports. In fact, considering how much passion we associate with college affiliation, it is arguable that logos in college football have an added intrigue over regular business logos—college logos incite feelings of comradery, loyalty, disdain,