Pan's Garden

Being a word lover, I'm fascinated by the English language, its rules, the way people break them, and the way they shift over time. Engl...

Since we're most of us are texting nowadays, this list of net lingo should be required reading. Your thumbs will thank you. (It's t...

Tell your stories in one sentence .

1. Gay chicken. A game where two people of the same sex (and preferably straight) put their faces closer and closer until one of them chick...

Since we're going to be dealing with inane, racist smears on Obama's middle name for at least the next nine months, we might as well...

I've been meaning to write this post for some time now and just haven't gotten around to it. My enthusiasm for election year politic...