Skitt's Law
In 1992 John Bangsund writing in the Victorian Society of Editors' Newsletter observed that Muphry's Law referred to the well-known editorial phenomenon that:
December 2009
Harden to the stRangers?
Word right now is, 1 x $7.5m, with another year at $11.5m option, presumably a vest?
...............
Harden, like Erik Bedard, is awesome when he's on the mound. And $7.5m is an "underpay" in absolute terms, if you expect even 100 innings out of him. (The same is true of Bedard.)
Right now, Rich Harden looks great in the Rangers' rotation -- because he doesn't have to pitch yet. Check him in July.
Harden to the stRangers
Word right now is, 1 x $7.5m, with another year at $11.5m option, presumably a vest?
...............
Harden, like Erik Bedard, is awesome when he's on the mound. And $7.5m is an "underpay" in absolute terms, if you expect even 100 innings out of him. (The same is true of Bedard.)
Right now, Rich Harden looks great in the Rangers' rotation -- because he doesn't have to pitch yet. Check him in July.
$7.5m doesn't capture the problemos when this sequence occurs:
1. Harden comes out of the gate as the best pitcher in the AL
2. You get used to him as your #1 (the stRangers do not have Felix)
Harden to the stRangers
Word right now is, 1 x $7.5m, with another year at $11.5m option, presumably a vest?
...............
Harden, like Erik Bedard, is awesome when he's on the mound. And $7.5m is an "underpay" in absolute terms, if you expect even 100 innings out of him. (The same is true of Bedard.)
Right now, Rich Harden looks great in the Rangers' rotation -- because he doesn't have to pitch yet. Check him in July.
$7.5m doesn't capture the problemos when this sequence occurs:
1. Harden comes out of the gate as the best pitcher in the AL
2. You get used to him as your #1 (the stRangers do not have Felix)
Harden to the stRangers
Word right now is, 1 x $7.5m, with another year at $11.5m option, presumably a vest?
...............
Harden, like Erik Bedard, is awesome when he's on the mound. And $7.5m is an "underpay" in absolute terms, if you expect even 100 innings out of him. (The same is true of Bedard.)
Right now, Rich Harden looks great in the Rangers' rotation -- because he doesn't have to pitch yet. Check him in July.
$7.5m doesn't capture the problemos when this sequence occurs:
1. Harden comes out of the gate as the best pitcher in the AL
2. You get used to him as your #1 (the stRangers do not have Felix)
Barbara Ehrenreich Blasts "Pink Ribbon Feminism"
Barbara Ehrenreich has become my favorite cranky public figure. Her most recent article at the Huffington Post echoes and builds on themes she developed in "Welcome to Cancerland," which details her experience as a cynic who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer patients are constantly urged to "think positively," to follow the pink when they buy products, to purchase teddy bears with pink ribbons, and to be relentlessly cheerful at all costs.
I haven't read her latest book, Bright-Sided but I assume that it expounds upon these themes as well. We as a culture despise what we see as "negativity," even if it's just rational discourse that happens not to be plastered with smiley face stickers.
Barbara Ehrenreich Blasts "Pink Ribbon Feminism"
Barbara Ehrenreich has become my favorite cranky public figure. Her most recent article at the Huffington Post echoes and builds on themes she developed in "Welcome to Cancerland," which details her experience as a cynic who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer patients are constantly urged to "think positively," to follow the pink when they buy products, to purchase teddy bears with pink ribbons, and to be relentlessly cheerful at all costs.
I haven't read her latest book, Bright-Sided but I assume that it expounds upon these themes as well. We as a culture despise what we see as "negativity," even if it's just rational discourse that happens not to be plastered with smiley face stickers.
Internet Laws: Skitt's Law
In 1992 John Bangsund writing in the Victorian Society of Editors' Newsletter observed that Muphry's Law referred to the well-known editorial phenomenon that:
- If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.
- If an author thanks you in a book for your editing or proofreading, there will be mistakes in the book.
- The stronger the sentiment expressed in (1) and (2), the greater the fault.
- any book devoted to editing or style will be internally inconsistent.
Bangsund also notes that "Muphry's Law also dictates that, if a mistake is as plain as the nose on your face, everyone can see it but you. Your readers will always notice errors in a title, in headings, in the first paragraph of anything, and in the top lines of a new page. These are the very places where authors, editors and proofreaders are most likely to make mistakes."