May 2012
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME WHY WE USE THE SERIAL COMMA
editorrealtalk:
SERIAL/OXFORD/HARVARD COMMA 4 LYFE
Life and Death and Coffee →
“The relationship between coffee and risk of death was even more dramatic in women. Those who drank one cup per day had 5% lower odds of dying during the study compared with women who drank none. Those who consumed two or three cups a day were 13% less likely to die, those who downed four or five cups were 16% less likely to die, and those who drank six or more cups had a 15% lower mortality...
Letters of Note: Nothing good gets away →
In November of 1958, John Steinbeck — the renowned author of, most notably, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and Of Mice and Men — received a letter from his eldest son, Thom, who was attending boarding school. In it, the teenager spoke of Susan, a young girl with whom he believed he had fallen in love.
Steinbeck replied the same day. His beautiful letter of advice can be enjoyed below.
I found this camera on the subway and look what...
thatsnotwatyourmomsaid:
Fantastic
