Too much fibre? Check...

Because nothing says "Christmas" better than a fibre internet ad about dodgy Indian food and runny tummies...

Faces and hands of Grade 8J/R [2016], check. Scanner, check. Creepy dead effect, very check!

Thanks to 8J/R for making the above gallery of disturbing imagery possible!
[Oh, and my own brilliant technical and artistic expertise also helped...]

Some kids scribble math notes. Elisabeth Cabano does manual art. (See what I did there...)

An existential exploration of cosmic fractals -- Elisabeth Cabano's painted hand...

The Comma? Like, it matters, still.

Nicely thought-provoking piece on the contentious relevance of the humble comma, like it's still a thing:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/do-commas-still-matter/2016/10/04/afed2c72-8a74-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=nextdraft&utm_term=.61d645f48120

The Diffs Between British and American English, covered!

https://digg.com/video/british-american-english-split

Bottled water? What a damp scam!

Hey everyone! 
Feel like spending 10-15min. with a long-read article on the new-age schmeer that is bottled water? 
Of course you do! 
You will totally be engrossed by The Guardian's take on this...

All about the Apostrophe! [No, it's not a "floating comma"...]

THE APOSTROPHE -- rules, regulations and guidelines...

1 Singular nouns always get an ['s]:
1.1 the dog's paw
1.2 a zombie's moan
1.3 Mr Jones's house

2 Plural nouns get an ['s], if the word does not end on -S:
2.1 oxen's hooves
2.2 geese's wings

3 If the plural noun ended on S, the word only receives an [']:
3.1 the dogs' paws
3.2 the gremlins' huts
3.3 the Joneses' house

4 Religious figures always receive only an [']:
4.1 Jesus' cross
4.2 Moses' laws

[c] Hein Mönnig 2016

Finite verbs? Well, it's about time! [And subject...]

FINITE VERBS have 2 features:

• They have a SUBJECT (someone or something performing the action)
• They have a TENSE (time; a present, past or future tense

Examples: 
She sings a song.
He wrote a poem.
It was quiet.
All will be OK.

So ask: WHO/WHAT does it? And WHEN?
[I.e., is there a subject? And a tense?]

[c] Hein Mönnig 2016

Spot the wonderful malapropism!

Oh, and I read the article.

She does not sell anything, but only pedals.