A quick redundancy to kick off the weekend

"...at some point in the future."

How about just "at some point"? It being the future is implied, yes?

What? Do they not embroider punctuation?

Because wait, whose Britney bitch is it, exactly?

I Propose

To eliminate the following phrases from our paper:

- "Case in point:..."
- "...for the (fashionable/celebrity/eco-friendly etc.) set"
- "de rigeur"
- "To wit,..."
- Any instance of calling someone a "social" instead of a socialite. Because huh?

At the NEWSEUM last weekend, this happened

Can you spot the redundancy?

An exercise in brevity, Part II

Just saw this phrase:

...set to take place starting Wednesday and running through Sunday.

And edited it down to:

...set to take place Wednesday through Sunday.

Better, right?

Sometimes, spam is funny

I just got this spam and thought it was funny enough (read: sooooo poorly executed) to blog.

hi
Heya, how are you doing recently ? I would like to introduce you a very good company which I knew. Their company web:[redacted because I don't want to give them press] They can offer you all kinds of electronical products which you need, such as motorcycles, laptops, mobile phones, digial cameras, TV LCD,xbox, ps3, gps, MP3/4, etc. Please take some time to have a look at it, there must be something you 'd like to purchase.
Hope you have a good mood in shopping from their company!

I would never buy from a company whose mass e-mails have horrendous grammar.

Let's count 'em down

which is
which are
that is
that are

(For example: "He encouraged shoppers to buy shoes that are made in the United States.")

No.

Many — no wait, MOST — times, these can be eliminated in favor of a less-clunky sentence. Cut cut cut!