When the manual makes mistakes

I've been feeling pretty smug about the fact that Julia already has our Uni-flavored APA style guides updated to the new 6th edition. I do believe we were pretty fast out of the chute on this one. Come to find out, though, the 6th edition has errors in it. APA has posted a list of said errors, but won't replace consumers' already-purchased faulty books. What's a person to do when the manual that spells out the rules doesn't have them straight? For some students I see an excellent excuse brewing, much better than the homework-eating dog story.

And on an unrelated note, did you know that a majority of all newspaper sales can now be attributed to kidnappers seeking to prove the day's date in filmed ransom demands? As if that weren't enough of a gift to this struggling industry, there's more.

In addition to buoying the failing newspapers, criminals are also providing a revenue stream to struggling magazines and other weekly periodicals, the report said. While most Americans have cut back on specialty publications, kidnappers still find them useful for making cut-and-paste ransom letters and death threats.

Bless 'em (and the Onion).