http://newsrackblog.com/2007/11/19/good-for-a-grin-18/ a citizen's journal by Thomas Nephew Thu, 17 May 2012 23:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://newsrackblog.com/2007/11/19/good-for-a-grin-18/#comment-757 Thomas Nephew Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:20:53 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2265#comment-757 Same to you, eRobin, and everyone reading here! Safe trip, happy Thanksgiving! Same to you, eRobin, and everyone reading here! Safe trip, happy Thanksgiving!

]]> http://newsrackblog.com/2007/11/19/good-for-a-grin-18/#comment-756 Nell Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:53:21 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2265#comment-756 Thanks for all these on a grey day with a loooong drive ahead. The Al Hunt line is particularly fine. Happy thanksgiving to you and yours! Thanks for all these on a grey day with a loooong drive ahead. The Al Hunt line is particularly fine. Happy thanksgiving to you and yours!

]]> http://newsrackblog.com/2007/11/19/good-for-a-grin-18/#comment-755 Thomas Nephew Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:47:03 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2265#comment-755 Good for us! I read somewhere it has to do with using paragraphs -- an advanced writing trick, learned it in a Harvard correspondence course. Speaking of Harvard, I think Yglesias is decent and generally has something intelligent to say, even if what he says sometimes burns me up. I'd just observe that his rating must be insensitive to poor spelling -- he makes more egregious errors than I'd have thought possible -- latest one I noticed was "worth" for "worst"?! Maybe he uses dictation software. Computer-rating writing is ridiculous anyway, of course. Edroso is one of the best writers out there, I think. If he's high school, I'm kindergarten. Good for us! I read somewhere it has to do with using paragraphs — an advanced writing trick, learned it in a Harvard correspondence course.
Speaking of Harvard, I think Yglesias is decent and generally has something intelligent to say, even if what he says sometimes burns me up. I’d just observe that his rating must be insensitive to poor spelling — he makes more egregious errors than I’d have thought possible — latest one I noticed was “worth” for “worst”?! Maybe he uses dictation software.
Computer-rating writing is ridiculous anyway, of course. Edroso is one of the best writers out there, I think. If he’s high school, I’m kindergarten.

]]> http://newsrackblog.com/2007/11/19/good-for-a-grin-18/#comment-754 eRobin Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:47:08 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2265#comment-754 I come in at an undergrad level too. In search of parameters, I checked Yglesias on a hunch - his Atlantic blog clocked in at the post-grad level. I come in at an undergrad level too. In search of parameters, I checked Yglesias on a hunch - his Atlantic blog clocked in at the post-grad level.

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