One of the Minds Behind the @FakeAPStylebook Twitter Feed is Dallas’ Own Ken Lowery
One of the funniest Twitter feeds I follow is @FakeAPStylebook. It’s responsible for such recent greatness as:
Avoid describing Neil Diamond as “mesmerizingly sexy” or “greatest entertainer on face of the planet” as it is redundant.
Replace “situation deteriorated/worsened” with “s*** [just] got real.” Ex: On day three of the hostage crisis, s*** got real.
If the second paragraph of your story begins with “He/she isn’t the only one,” don’t come back to work on Monday.
When composing a story about strange murders, always refuse to believe the kids until it’s too late.
If your story reveals the perpetrator of a crime, it is polite to put a spoiler warning at the top.
Avoid the archaic term “lunatic.” Specify whether the subject suffers from Hulkamania or Macho Madness.
It helps spice things up to insert parentheticals such as “cute” and “won’t last” into wedding announcements.
Yesterday, Wired revealed that one of its creators is Ken Lowery. Who, as it turns out, is also one of the people behind Zeus Comics’ geeky-fun online series The Variants. Point your browsers accordingly.
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I quite liked “While it’s tempting to call them ‘baristi’ because of the Italian roots, the plural of ‘barista’ is ‘journalism majors.’” Although today’s “‘Buggy jockey’ is an insulting term to the Amish and should only be used in the online edition” is pretty awesome.
Ken’s quite the media emperor. He’s here, too, you know: http://www.umportal.org/staff.asp