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I had no idea John Freed (class of 1978, another of our Daily colleagues), was the Times ombudsman. Synchronicity: His first job out of Stanford was at the Pasadena News-News, which if I'm not mistaken was also the first job out of Stanford for Redrum. Also: grammar is for swine.

I wouldn't say grammar is for swine and editors certainly have a role to play. But, this role is janitorial.

Exceptional writers like Garvin have done a lot for this board, and they have done it purely out of love for Stanford athletics. Stanford fans have the opportunity to come here and feed their addiction with professionally written inside information anytime they need a fix. You have to wade through neurotic garbage for hours on other fan boards to find anything that approaches the level of writing you see here everyday.

I don't think people understand how much work and creativity it takes to write the way Garvin, Redrum, Terry, and others do. It is not easy! Unfortunately, when are you directing all of your attention to the message you want to convey and the most eloquent way of expressing your message, minor grammatical errors are going to go unnoticed. When Michael Angelo created a sculpture, he wasn't concerned about the marble chips on the floor. Someone else swept up at the end of the day. This person undoubtedly grumbled about how messy Michael was, but no one listened. The end result was a masterpiece. This isn't what happens here, though. When professional writers provide their services for free, they have to do their own janitorial work – Occasional grammatical errors are going to occur. But, grumbling about them is inappropriate. All to often the message is ignored and the only thing people talk about is an absolutely horrible egregious grammatical error.

PS  What is unusual about having a brandy when you boot up a new computer?

[Extra Point]

I had no idea John Freed (class of 1978, another of our Daily colleagues), was the Times ombudsman. Synchronicity: His first job out of Stanford was at the Pasadena News-News, which if I'm not mistaken was also the first job out of Stanford for Redrum. Also: grammar is for swine.

I wouldn't say grammar is for swine and editors certainly have a role to play. But, this role is janitorial.

Exceptional writers like Garvin have done a lot for this board, and they have done it purely out of love for Stanford athletics. Stanford fans have the opportunity to come here and feed their addiction with professionally written inside information anytime they need a fix. You have to wade through neurotic garbage for hours on other fan boards to find anything that approaches the level of writing you see here everyday.

I don't think people understand how much work and creativity it takes to write the way Garvin, Redrum, Terry, and others do. It is not easy! Unfortunately, when are you directing all of your attention to the message you want to convey and the most eloquent way of expressing your message, minor grammatical errors are going to go unnoticed. When Michael Angelo created a sculpture, he wasn't concerned about the marble chips on the floor. Someone else swept up at the end of the day. This person undoubtedly grumbled about how messy Michael was, but no one listened. The end result was a masterpiece. This isn't what happens here, though. When professional writers provide their services for free, they have to do their own janitorial work – Occasional grammatical errors are going to occur. But, grumbling about them is inappropriate. All to often the message is ignored and the only thing people talk about is an absolutely horrible egregious grammatical error.

PS  What is unusual about having a brandy when you boot up a new computer?