Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them) Sep 19, 2009
" Um, no. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show,_don't_tell Jesse on September 18, 2009 at 06:09 PM I realize I really should read everything before adding my own two cents in a comment, but I will be bold to say this: If Dan Brown's writing is formulaic and inaccurate in his use of words, at least the facts are accurate. Oh, wait! That list of "Facts" at the beginning of _The_Da_Vinci_Code_? It doesn't have one fact that happens to be true. Well, then, at least he tells a good yarn. Oh, wait! He's... (Harper's Magazine)
Schools dodging Obama furor? Districts send kids home with permission slips Sep 7, 2009
"Olsen, I personally hold no illusion. Likewise it's humorous the view that he is about to spit the venom of Satan at our children in an effort of recruitment to the dark side! ". advoc8 wrote on Sep 6, 2009 2:28 PM:" JoininHouston,I don't really think Obama was voted in because He is black. It's more because he is a pied piper and a very charming narcissist. The majority (true Americans) don't approve of Him now that they can see who and what He really is. They see hard core narcissism and a... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Lincecum, duckwalks, and an NL All-Star win. Jul 16, 2009
The bloggers on this site can now direct all their venom towards Bobby Cox. He no longer has to share the spotlight with Frenchy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Another side of Michael Ballam Jul 1, 2009
Such venom from such ignorance. have been to one opera and it was fine so I really don't have a horse in this race. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Moose dies at school; students disciplined Apr 28, 2009
Wnda Rowland wrote on Apr 22, 2009 11:04 AM:" I am reading the remarks about this incident and thinking that I am so glad the school is keeping the identity of these students private. With the venom I see in the print against them, they need help.I can't help wondering if the same outrage would occur if another student was the target of these kids taunting. Where would that situation end. Yes, punish them to teach them a lesson, but temper it with love to reach their hearts to care for others.... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Apr 3, 2009
The band's latest on the Kemado label titled "Into Abaddon" piles on plenty of whiplash rhythms and bomb shrapnel drum fills, and sounds like Iron Maiden jacked up on a whopping dose of venom. With Scarecrow and Dusted Angel. (San Francisco Chronicle)