Early in my writing career, I discovered a troubling truth about those arguments I’d had in my (very, very cool) adolescence about spelling, commas, pronouns and other conundrums of the English language. No right answers exist. No definitive tome rules over all of English to set the record straight—in part because the contradicting rules each […]
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Here is a weird-looking Google super G logo or signage. It reminds me of the Borg or maybe gears and parts from a car? I am not sure but it kind of creeps me out. I spotted this on Instagram. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we […]
There’s often confusion with endnotes vs footnotes, and when to use one instead of the other. They kind of look the same but they serve different functions. A footnote is an in-text citation found in the footer of the page. You’ll know it’s a footnote when you see a superscript number (a small, raised number) […]
Home Business Magazine Online Job interviews can be a daunting prospect for just about anyone. In such serious and tense environments, it’s likely that candidates will be looking to gain any kind of advantage that they can find to appeal to their prospective employers–and this means that choosing the right style may become an art […]
A couple of weeks ago, we spotted Google testing a verified Google Ads badge in the Google search ads snippet. It was a round blue icon, this one is more of a badge or shield-shaped verification icon, but also in blue. Here is the old one we spotted: Here is the new one from SaadAK […]
The latest chapter in the life of the Crawley family hitting cinema screens this week, the period splendour of Downton Abbey is back. But you can live a much less dramatic life and still have a chance to live like a lord or lady of the manor, with a host of country retreats available to […]
It’s been gloomy in Atlanta lately, unrelentingly rainy and unseasonably warm. Each day is gray, gray, gray – both weather- and mood-wise. my sweet dumb brain newsletter logo Recently, I found myself exhausted by the idea of one more day stuck inside with our 14-month-old daughter. Like me – and, presumably, every human being – […]