Kelley Korbin's little writing blog
It’s now de rigueur to see diplomacy (and I use that term lightly) carried out through Twitter. And while his tweets arguably garner the most attention, this phenomenon is by no means limited to @realDonaldTrump. Even our own political darling @cafreeland has been known to get herself, and Canada, into hot water in 280 characters or less.
Everyone seems to have a personal assistant these days. From Alexa to Watson, from Cortana to Viv, it seems that fewer and fewer people are willing to make time in their busy lives to manually search the web for the weather report; or go to the trouble of pushing a button to ask Siri to add a […]
If you believe that sacred texts such as the Bible, Torah, Qur’an and the Yoga Sutras are practical guides that outline the rules under which particular religions expect their followers to live, the Canadian Press’s authoritative reference book on standardized writing practices is most definitely mine. I spend the bulk of my workday in front of a […]
Apparently confession is good for the soul, so here goes. I cheated on my book club. A bit of history. My book club and I go back more than 15 years. Over that time members have come and gone, but the essentials have stayed the same. We meet 10 times a year, usually the third […]