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Silver Bullet Writer Wanted?
The year has just begun and, already, the Proofreader's highlighter has seen heavy action. This time the careless copy occurs in a job posting seeking a writer on the Dow Jones & Company Web site, which led to the unearthing of the same mistake on several other news Web sites. And another posting seeking a writer on the Kijiji
Posted on 2009-01-08 16:55:00 GMT

blog: The Copy Edits of J. Alfred ProofreaderBuying an Electric Stair Lift?
Many models and styles of electric stairway lifts are in the market today. Each has its own special characteristics over others ... vendors confused with highfalutin technical terms. It will also help you find the right model to buy
Posted on 2009-01-07 00:34:12 GMT

blog: Stairlift2k.com - The Stairlift BlogLUXES TO GRAB IN '09
Last year, I mixed out a roster of products tagging a highfalutin caliber. Although amidst tumultuous economic times, it never hurts for a one splurge, now does it? 'NO' is the exact response
Posted on 2009-01-06 20:30:00 GMT

blog: MaleStyle ReviewCutting Farts
Whining has become the American way. U.S. car makers, uncompetitive for over 30 years, ... at Congress because of highfalutin inventors wanting to enforce the patent laws. Now a digital TV lobby
Posted on 2009-01-06 01:36:27 GMT

blog: Patent ProspectorSouth Texas
Coach Louise wrote an interesting post today on Here's a quick excerpt Here it is:The first folkmedicine article! This uses the highfalutin' term 'Complementary and Alternative Medicine' but don't let it fool you. It's cures like Gramma used to use. In my family we've used the potato peel poultice to draw
Posted on 2009-01-05 22:58:14 GMT

blog: Alternative Medicine - Alternative Medicine - HolisticMeds.info3 Tiresome Words I Could Do Without
3 Tiresome Words I Could Do Without [ What did you say] Are there words that you hear all the time that really just yank your chain? ... for, but the real estate salespeople must think that using a highfalutin word like pricepoint makes those over
Posted on 2009-01-04 00:46:24 GMT

blog: Pentimento3 Tiresome Words I Could Do Without
[ What did you say] Are there words that you hear all the time that really just yank your chain? ... for, but the real estate salespeople must think that using a highfalutin word like pricepoint makes those over
Posted on 2009-01-03 05:36:14 GMT

blog: webduckLife, dreams and trying to figure it all out
By Martin Hackworth 'Lose your dreams and you'll lose your mind.' ' The Rolling Stones Hello Old Friend, Just got back from the Mojave Desert ... little about even the greatest, most highfalutin dinner party I ever attended yet I can clearly
Posted on 2009-01-03 05:17:31 GMT

blog: Community January Juxtapositions
Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.Horatio: It is a nipping and an eager air ... , never to be cracked.Doesn't every month of the year have its own qualia, to borrow the highfalutin
Posted on 2009-01-02 14:25:00 GMT

blog: Ars PsychiatricaIch bin ein kitschmensch!
When I am old, I shall write criticism; that will console me, for I often choke with suppressed opinions.-Gustave Flaubert in a letter to George Sand, 1868I am a kitsch-man! Thirty years on, and it's time to finally wrestle with the demon. Sorry in advance, but those of you with an interest in kitsch are used to long-winded posts, I'm sure
Posted on 2009-01-02 03:27:19 GMT

blog: Journey to Perplexity