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02/25/2015

Beautiful

"That's what." — She

08/01/2014

A little gem found yesterday in Northern California

07/25/2014

Oops!

New Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong wants to put the "T" back in "Texas." Perhaps he needs to remind his PR staff how to spell the rest of the word…

03/22/2014

AP, what's next? A serial comma in even a simple series? Say it isn't so.

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04/12/2013

Another reminder of the importance of punctuation ...

Speaking of hospital travesties, here's an instance where one appears simply to tell its patients, well, to eat sh%&

02/28/2013

I just completed an interview with UT corporate communications student Toni Tatarevich. Thanks for the opportunity, Toni! It was fun to be the interviewee for once. :)

02/23/2013

01/11/2013

Gotta love the Onion ... and I bet "gotta" is forbidden by both AP and Chicago.

NEW YORK—Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that four more copy editors were killed this week amid ongoing violence between two rival gangs divided by their loyalties to the The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual Of Style.

12/12/2012

Another example of the importance of proofreading. :D

Wait...which holiday is this?

Newly added to the Why the World Needs More Proofreaders Album.

Submitted to the Captain Grammar Pants page by one of their alert readers!

FWIW, while the sale at Dillards **may** include cloths, it's likely that they meant clothes. A less entertaining typo, but still more evidence that someone else needs to look these things over prior to publication. And then, there's the "mens wear." And "houshold." "Funriture," anyone? Unnecessary capitalization of "Special?" Youch.

08/07/2012

A tasty little piece I did for the Halloween & Party Expo ...

Halloween and Party Expo, held in Houston, Texas, is the first and LARGEST international show for the Halloween, Party, and Costume Industries. Houston is the perfect, central location and supported by some of the industry’s most valued vendors…

07/17/2012

Check out Lucky Plum, the "little design shop" of my friend Courtney Craig .. .and I did a lot of the copy for her new website.

a little design shop

07/12/2012

Check out these cute walking balloons ... I wrote this piece for the Halloween & Party Expo website.

Halloween and Party Expo, held in Houston, Texas, is the first and LARGEST international show for the Halloween, Party, and Costume Industries. Houston is the perfect, central location and supported by some of the industry’s most valued vendors…