No valentines from the cats again.

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate the end of the world. Are they being alarmist?

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.