While I'm Stewing on Weightier Topics

I have some serious blogs brewing, but they're sort of in that whiny, poor me phase, or that sappy stage. They need work. (Although, perhaps you were thinking that my earlier posts never made it out of either of those two stages and so why stop now? Trust me, these are worse.)

In the meantime I have some great nerd news to share with you all! (Not exactly clear who "you all" entails, but those that I'm sure of are going to LOVE this.)

There is a Grammar Girl podcast! The podcasts are short, sweet and super informative. Today I learned that high school students are inadvertently solving a major English Language crisis, namely the lack of a singular, gender neutral pronoun. Researchers in Baltimore have observed students speaking slang and using "Yo" as a pronoun. I also learned the difference between who and whom. Actually I think that was review and I just forgot.

In sharing this wonderful news with Charlotte, I also learned how to remember when to use "lay" and when to use "lie." She told me, "Chickens lay, people lie." Good one Charlotte.

So, embrace your inner nerd and go to itunes to subscribe. If that's not an option for you then go to
Grammar Girl
and listen on the website. There's a Mr. Manners there too that I might have to investigate.