Well, the normal plain M&Ms are prettier than the special Jedi ones.

That's what happens when Jedi are not allowed relationships....

Hey, folks? What piece of primary source material from the American Revolution do you think would be most useful for a class learning how to interpret historical information? I'm thinking, speeches, Acts, historical accounts -- anyone have a specific suggestion?

And I also have a question.

I have a vague idea that there's a study or a scale out there...something that measures the livability of various cities, not just in terms of economic criteria, but things like, is there a thriving arts scene? Does the city support a symphony?

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about or where I can find it on the web?

Is it too much to ask of Lucas to release the ORIGINAL versions on DVD??? The bastard needs to loosen up. I need my nostalgia on DVD, dammit.

Even when they're in the location they're portraying, meta considerations often fuck with the geography

Was I ever shocked on Angel, The House Always Wins, to find out that leaving the Tropicana gets you to Freemont Street without a cab ride through Cracktown.

Dana, you want findyourspot.com.

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The new Pope is returning to the use of the royal "we". He is also returning to the use of red velvet slippers.

Conclusion: he's a drag queen.

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tommyrot, those links are great. I've bookmarked the first one for use in editing.

Compound sentences, most modifying clauses and many phrases *require* commas. You may find it necessary to break the rules from time to time, but you can't delete commas just because you don't like the pause they bring to a sentence or just because you want to add tension.

Putting commas in all the places they don't belong and none of the places they do is the single most frequent error I see judging writing contests. Botching singular possessives that end in "s" and/or plural possessives is a close second, though.

What piece of primary source material from the American Revolution do you think would be most useful for a class learning how to interpret historical information?

Perhaps the diary of Joseph Plumb Martin [link] , or the letters that John and Abigail Adams wrote each other.

Botching singular possessives that end in "s" and/or plural possessives

I still haven't figured out that one.

Botching singular possessives that end in "s" and/or plural possessives

Now that I check my sources, the former actually is subject to interpretation--some say "James's book" is correct, others "James' book." I prefer the former, but will accept, grumbling, that opinions differ.

For a plural possessive, all you have to do is stick the apostrophe on the end--e.g. "students' books." But I've seen it done wrong more than right lately, and at a recent critique session, someone in my RWA chapter tried to correct me when I had it right.