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Friday, August 18, 2006

SPOGGing Ourselves

This is the lead of a column we wrote for MSN Movies:

Becoming a part-time, high-school teacher isn't the easiest way to find good baby sitters, but it's better than, say, hanging out at the mall and hitting on everyone younger than 20 who's not riding a skateboard.

Note the unnecessary comma in red. An editor added this, but our name is on the top of the story, which makes us look like we shoot commas from a shotgun.

Tell us: Are we making a mountain out of this molehill? Or did the editor make a good call?