I found an interesting piece on a blog maintained by the Christian Science Monitor, dealing with the order of adjectives and adverbs, the unspoken ordering rules that dictate that one says “the broken red toy wagon” rather than “the toy red broken wagon.” It’s not an academic piece by any means, but it’s definitely [...]

It wasn’t until Pichette himself had developed the thick and raspy cough that the team realized the Tower’s influence. The core researchers had been gathered around the conference table, rooting about in splayed paper stacks of environmental and seismic data, when Pichette made the connection – he and Amara, indeed all of [...]

I have more hours at work now and, while the extra money is nice, it’s a mixed blessing. The only reason for my expanded hours is that there’s no manager on-site, and only two part-time employees working. (Well, three actually, but the third only comes in about once a week so I don’t [...]