Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

No valentines from the cats again.

What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate the end of the world. Are they being alarmist?