http://grammarpolice.net/ {how people are talking about} en-us grammardotpolice@gmail.com 2010-11-30T11:16:02-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001826.php Yet another way that regulation chokes Washington: The height restriction on buildings prevents investors (including the city) from realizing the immense market value of public parks. In Manhattan, where growth is profound, density is high, and regulation is light, the... 1826@http://grammarpolice.net/ District 2010-11-30T11:16:02-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001825.php A FotoWeek review, some FotoWeek musings, Smithsonian admissions math. 1825@http://grammarpolice.net/ FotoWeek 2010-11-16T10:02:31-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001824.php I see my dog getting older every day; maybe it is that he is on an accelerated schedule of aging or I am on an accelerated schedule of noticing. He now stands back from his water bowl as far as... 1824@http://grammarpolice.net/ Wreck 2010-11-12T01:06:37-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001823.php Since we're talking about Fra Angelico and Google today: Eric Fischl spoke recently at a symposium hosted by the Phillips Collection and, while I wasn't able to attend, through the magic of live streaming I kept my eye on it... 1823@http://grammarpolice.net/ Internet 2010-11-05T12:02:57-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001822.php How come Google sucks so much at sorting images? Google is building a digital library whose collection includes every book ever written. That's awesome. Is it too much to ask that this Library of Alexandria in the Cloud include a... 1822@http://grammarpolice.net/ Internet 2010-11-05T11:16:26-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001821.php 1821@http://grammarpolice.net/ Politics 2010-10-28T17:41:51-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001820.php Notes on "AbExNY: The Big Picture" at MoMA, a show that shouldn't suck as much as it does. 1820@http://grammarpolice.net/ MoMA 2010-10-28T13:16:17-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001819.php Paul Smith, elephant gray stripy heel sock. My friend kvn won't own up to it, but I have reason to suspect he is the wit behind Fuck Yeah Menswear. This fellow's website mines the dense magnetic core of Mary HK... 1819@http://grammarpolice.net/ Blogosphere 2010-10-27T23:43:56-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001818.php Check out my cover story for the Washington City Paper before it's gone. Or after, using the Internet! 1818@http://grammarpolice.net/ Art 2010-10-27T23:10:55-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001817.php Thank God It's Koala Friday. 1817@http://grammarpolice.net/ Koala 2010-07-16T12:58:13-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001816.php Two features in the City Paper this week: Ryan Hackett wins the $25,000 Sondheim Prize (suck it, Baltimore!), and the Secret Service detain Mia Feuer and Trevor Young for driving a truck reported stolen (sucks, Penske). 1816@http://grammarpolice.net/ Journalism 2010-07-15T19:44:17-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001814.php 1814@http://grammarpolice.net/ Housekeeping 2010-07-15T18:42:04-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001813.php 1813@http://grammarpolice.net/ Literature 2010-01-07T14:49:58-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001812.php This panel I moderated turned out to be a success, of a sort. Hatchets says that 138 people were in attendance. Of a sort, because at times it felt like a health-care townhall, a riot-turned-deliberation: 138 Angry Men. But a... 1812@http://grammarpolice.net/ District 2010-01-07T09:22:36-05:00 http://grammarpolice.net/archives/001811.php What a great Internet this morning. I hopped on early and started chatting with my friend about Ruskin and Turner and received in a flash an essay by Ruskin, one that draws heavily from his journals; in it he mentions... 1811@http://grammarpolice.net/ Art 2010-01-07T08:39:31-05:00