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Jim Sheeler, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, on his appointment to the faculty at Case Western Reserve University, speaking about a profession undergoing at least a midlife crisis: "A notebook is a passport to all sorts of places…Journalists will discover someway or other to make good money on the Internet. And if they don't, journalism is a life
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Goodbye to Edwin Newman,outstanding journalist and defender of the honor of the English language. Newman was known for his erudite puns. One of the best : "The man who blotted his wet shoes with newspaper, explaining,"These are the Times that dry men's soles." Click here to read more articles about Edwin Newman
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Are you "xenolexic"* ? This word, and others, can be found in the list of "Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List." Sandra Yeyati shared an interesting article that includes this note: Oxford University holds 50 large filing cabinets crammed with 1000s of 6 x 4 inch cards detailing every declined entry for the Dictionary. Of
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Some puns for educated minds: 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Alelutian. 3. She was only a whiskey
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The Scoopsters have done it again. So much activity going on with NPC members, it’s hard to keep up. Sandy Lender will get the best birthday present ever. She tells us: “I am stoked beyond words. The August/September issue of “Realms of Fantasy” magazine, which hits the shelves in time for my birthday in June,
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Future for TV viewing: Thousands of channels? Cable vs. Direct TV vs. HiDef vs. Fiber Optic? All of the above, some of the above? With the Federal deregulation of the telecommunications industry there is an emergence of effective competition to rising cable prices. More open access to potential competition for cable providers is now being discussed