tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post5905844738939472764..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Say WHAT?Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-45806249688697017202010-08-10T08:54:03.308-04:002010-08-10T08:54:03.308-04:00Poor Mark Hurd. His severance package was ~$28 mi...Poor Mark Hurd. His severance package was ~$28 million in cash and stock. Now he's just another one among the countless unemployed. <br /><br />Is a severance generally 1400 times the amount in dispute? I'm starting to get ideas...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-38269240073476737812010-08-10T08:48:22.905-04:002010-08-10T08:48:22.905-04:00Bad writing? It's all about the cost of period...Bad writing? It's all about the cost of periods. The writer might have put it this way: "Ms. Fisher's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said her client is a single mother, raising a young son. She had worked recently as the vice president of a commercial real estate company."<br /><br />It's the same number of letters, sure -- but look there in the middle; I have inserted an expensive period, where the original had only a cheap comma.<br /><br />(In this piece, I have used periods stolen from the caches of people who don't write much. :-)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.com