July 2008
The revenge of the sub
While I was adding my no-doubt unwanted and ill-advised editorial notes to Dan's last post I got carried away. I thought I'd continue in a new post to reduce the wrath.This isn't the first time Coren has done this type of thing. His previous victim ...
The holy Coren
This quite magnificent email was sent by British restaurant critic Giles Coren to the newspaper he writes for. It doesn’t seem in the least petty to me.[In a highly satirical editor's note that will no doubt leave Dan foaming at the mouth, Coren-style mad, I'd like ...
Not a trifling matter
Passive Aggressive Notes is one of my favourite blogs. A major reason for this is the frequent mangling of the English language by disgruntled passive-aggressors. Below is one of my favourite entries from October of last year. ...
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