In Praise of the Imperative

The imperative mood gets a bad rap. “Turn off the lights” comes off impolite, lacking the interrogative curtsy of “could you turn off the lights?” Append “comma please” to the latter and you get gentility, append it to the former and you get an angry schoolteacher. But when we build familiarity with someone we tend … Continue reading In Praise of the Imperative →

Phantom Timezones

"It’s like a sickness where I just want to prove to everyone I can do it,” he said. “I’m going to show you I can be number one at both. Watch me.” That's the Wall Street Journal on day-jobbers moonlighting as aspiring performers, so it's probably become a thing. These corporate office workers are making … Continue reading Phantom Timezones →