LET ME COUNT THE WAYS by James Lincoln Warren Here are how many people I’ve killed so far1, listed by causa mortis : Explosion (302: two hundred ninety-nine killed in the detonation of a frigate’s powder magazine consequent to the ship being run aground in a war action; three in a Mercedes-Benz by remotely controlled bomb) […]

NEW SCAM WARNING by Leigh Lundin This is a public service crime-prevention announcement brought to you by Criminal Brief. Please read and share with your husband, male friends and the men in your life. An informed consumer is a wise consumer. Florida is dotted with thousands of landscaping companies who make a living cutting lawns […]

AT EASE WITH THESE APOSTROPHES by John M. Floyd British author Lynne Truss says one of the things that prompted her to write Eats, Shoots & Leaves was her sighting of a poster on the side of a city bus, announcing the Hugh Grant/Sandra Bullock movie “Two Weeks Notice.” The missing apostrophe was apparently more […]

HONEST FIBBING by Steve Steinbock In his foreword to Deborah’s column yesterday, James Lincoln Warren (who probably never lived in a log cabin, worked in a Wild West Show, or committed murder while masquerading as a barber on Fleet Street) explained Deborah’s hesitation at posting a column so similar to Rob’s column from Wednesday. Why […]