"Apostryphal Grammatical Constructions"

I think that "apostryphal" really ought to be a valid adjective. That seems like a great way to discuss apostrophes, especially when they annoy me or I want to change them.

Based on my quick googling, however, this appears to be apocryphal.

I also like the idea of evoking apocalypses in related comments and puns.

Example usage: "I rewrote the sentence to avoid apostryphal grammar."

Highlighting Lead Junior Scientists in SIMODS

For the journal SIAM Journal on the Mathematics of Data Science (SIMODS), one of the things I did as a member of the editorial board was to suggest (based on having seen this in the journal Biology Open and really liking the idea) to our Editor-in-Chief (Tammy Kolda) that we could highlight lead junior authors with a Q & A once their articles are published. Tammy supported the idea, so we're doing it; and today the first such profile appeared in SIAM News online.

Beware of "Echolocating Insectivorous Hats"

Seriously.

And this is why we still need editors in the age of text-scanning software. pic.twitter.com/EiDeW4FiGZ

— Markus Eichhorn (@markus_eichhorn) February 8, 2018

(Tip of the cap to Jennifer Ouelette.)

Blast from the Past

I was doing some googling while the math department's e-mail server is down, and I found this old edition of "The California Tech". I need to get to a meeting with a student, so I haven't been able to check thoroughly if I can find a more interesting issue from the archives. I'll try later.

Update: Here is the directory of scanned issues in the archive for The California Tech. Awesome! (By the way, on page 7 of this issue is the 'strangle this cat' advertisement that tried to attract attention and get people to work for The Tech. The latter wasn't very successful, but we did attract some attention, and this led to a chain of events---including some stuff in future issues of The Tech that pissed off the Pasadena Humane Society and ultimately culminated in the special issue of The Rivet with an animal-oriented theme. Then the school year ended and everything blew over. Ah, memories.)