Why do I continue to read CNN.com?

From their top stories list:
The actual hed:


Freudian e-slip? Nice job, CNN. Once again.

A note about family names

Now that every married couple I know has a blog, the following seems timely.

When you're writing a surname, the same rules apply as they do to every apostrophe-s word out there. It's the Johnsons, not the Johnson's. If we're talking about the Johnsons' lawnmower, however, it looks like that — plural possessive. (I live in New York City, so I don't see a lot this on homes or mailboxes, but nationwide, I've seen a lot of "Welcome to the Hanson's" action going on.)

Last names that end in -s are understandably tricky and take an -es. The Joneses always seems to mess everybody up. It's either The Jones Family or The Joneses.

However, I admit there may be more than one school of thought on this topic. If yours differs from mine, please fire away!

Healthy stools?

Once again, I must thank all the midtown Duane Reade locations for providing so much good YSV material.