Category: writing / books
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Book Review: Heart Shaped Box, by Joe Hill
Heart Shaped Box tells the story of an aging rock star with a bad habit of buying morbid and unusual artifacts. One such artifact is a box (yes, in the shape of a heart) said to contain a ghost. Spoiler alert: it does. This is a ghost story that doesn’t fuck around. It’s clear from…
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Catapostrophe
I have been thinking a lot about apostrophes lately. I believe apostrophes are very important blotches of ink. Last weekend, signs all over London advertised the “Kids Expo” in Victoria Park. Now see, leaving out the apostrophe (i.e., “kids” instead of “kids’” or “kid’s”) should lead any thoughtful English-speaker to doubt that this is some…
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A Degree of Modesty
Last week I decided to pop by the university and get a PhD. Since then, a lot of people have been asking, “do you feel any different now that you have a PhD?” Well yes, of course I do. Whenever I insist that someone call me “doctor Phronk”—whether it’s government documents, or my friends, or…
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