Rumor

Rumor, who loves to spice big bowls of the false with a pinch of the true, — Ovid

In this humour

In this humour, which was none of the sweetest, she came into the room where Honour was debating with herself in the manner we have above related. Honour no sooner saw her, than she addressed her in the following obliging phrase: “Soh, madam, I find we are to have the...

Bad Writing and What to Do About It

A Commentary Bad Writing and What to Do About It Here’s a spectacular example of bad writing, from a report in the journal Science: Although many results from in vitro and in vivo models that express mutant Huntingtin, a-synuclein, tau, superoxide dismutase-1,...

Class Notes

Avery F. C. Merkin, in the Department of Philological Antiquities at Almondsley College, eagerly anticipates the completion of Volume 2 of his revised catalogue of Merovingian ornaments, an effort to which he has been devoted since 1968. Avery suffered a regrettable...