As a technical writer, I have progressively been led to, hand-held, encouraged, and brainwashed to believe in the Style Guide as the Holy Grail. I was told that periodic sippings from the Grail was both the cure for all my writing ills and the perfect diet to improve my writing health.

Sharing your sorrows subtracts the pain, sharing happiness increases the joy, but what does sharing insults do? Go figure. Here’s my vote for the top 10 insults ranked on this site.

Your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.

Shut up, you’ll never be the man your mother is.

We all sprang from apes, but you [...]

The Oxford University has done the English language a commendable service by compiling a list of top ten irritating phrases in routine usage. Commendable because it was time somebody publicized this daily rape of the language. It is a great vent for the mass of men who genuinely respect correct usage, and show deep concern [...]

Aside from my original love for epics, poetry, and classical literature, I also devour “paperback” novels thanks to my introduction to this wonderful world of fiction through If Tomorrow Comes. Paperback thrillers are journeys on a Formula 1 race track as opposed to a deliberate drive in the woods or the coastline or the [...]