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2002 Aug 13 Class Action Lawsuit Against Primedia Inc About.com and Scott Kurnit - Levinson et al v Primedia et al
Writers are routinely asked to throw away their rights to their own work in exchange for a modicum of publicity, then screwed by their publishers. Web publishing is even worse than print. About.com folks are fighting back!»
2003 Jan 1 Screenplays
Lots of screenplays in English, including the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Seventh Seal, and Triumph of the Will.»
Jan 4 Orion's Arm
A collaborative science fiction world, written en masse.»
Jan 9 KAIROS: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
All good stuff - a lot of the usual suspects, very academic in tone, but some of the articles are solid and almost all are well-researched.»
Mar 19 Girl writes English essay in phone text shorthand
The teenager's essay began: "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kds FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc." Translation: "My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York, it's a great place."»
2004 Mar 27 The Passive Voice
A lengthy and detailed explanation of the passive voice in English speech.»
Mar 29 The Trial
A remarkable short photo-story in 4 panels.»
Mar 31 Restaurant Review Ire
“A spoon? A fucking spoon? Really? Wow. A real spoon? One of those stick things with a little bowl-shaped thing on the end? One of them? A "spoon"? Fuck me. Who'd have thought, eh? A spoon.”»
Copy Massage
A young copy editor explains things.»
Apr 13 Neologism Flagger
Based on The Passivator»


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