I have a strong anti-spanking bias. I formed it based on my own experiences as a child who was occasionally spanked, but it was really honed during my years as a family-support worker, when I used to make home visits to troubled families. Here in a nutshell are my three reasons for NOT spanking our kids.
Friday Follies #16 – Some mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Presenting: a few “oopsies” caught by the Grammar Cop lately. Are you guilty of any of these?
Greece: Episode Two – I knocked harder.
Turns out that knocking harder on a (thin) glass patio door isn’t such a good idea.
Friday Follies (belated) #15 – Some mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop has returned fresh from the trenches of the media’s dictionary wars. I can tell you this – confusion runs rampant.
A Message for ISIS (aka Daesh, ISIL, IS…)
Dear ISIS (aka Daesh, ISIL, IS…),
I am so glad to see that you brave fighters have taken it upon yourselves to murder innocent women, men and children in various attacks around the world. Isn’t it wonderful that you have access to great weapons of death, such as the Kalashnikov rifles?
No More Doilies
About 20 years ago I started an article on mothers and daughters with the following:
Friday Follies Cancelled…
Due to the murders of over 150 innocent people in Paris tonight, the Grammar Cop will not be presenting her usual Friday Follies.
The precious lives of all those people who were just out to enjoy a Friday evening, minding their own business, matter more than hyphens or apostrophes just now.
I bow my head in sorrow.
The Good Old Days
Back in the ’80s I went through a songwriting phase. Most are kind of embarrassing to me now, but this one still resonates with me – and just maybe it will with you, too. Here are the lyrics.
A Trick of Time?
Something funny happened this morning.
Friday Follies #14 – A bunch of mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
OK, the Grammar Cop is taking the easy way out tonight. This is guaranteed to make you go “arghhh” along with me!
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 