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Dec 7
Chop it up into blocks
I came from an editorial meeting to plan out some items for the 2007 editorial calendar of the publishing company I write for. Although we weren't able to touch base on the entire calendar (since a lot of people were...
Dec 4
Damn that keyboard!
Today I wrote a really long letter, about 2 pages long (10 pages on my moleskine) and damn, did my writing hand hurt. I've heard the "old folk" tell us "young folk" that the art of the pen is almost... Continue Reading
Drop the metaphysics buster
When I was young I really sucked at Literature classes. The teacher was always asking for symbolisms behind the classics by Dickens, Verne and yes at one point in my latter college life, Shakespeare. I learned to climb my way... Continue Reading
Dec 1
"Man's inhumanity to man"
That's the title of my new piece. The subtitle goes something like:  "and other stories of utmost boredom."For several years I've been using that title as a way to demonstrate the most boring of topics because of sheer abstraction. Gary... Continue Reading
Nov18
EXPRESSION: BEYOND THE PALE
sourced by JMJF A person is said to be BEYOND THE PALE if he or she is outside the border or sphere of influence in a given situation. In olden times, the word Palings was used to describe a physical... Continue Reading
Oct18
WORD ORIGIN: BUMMER
The children of the 60s and early 70s will remember the word BUMMER very well. It was used quite often to describe any situation that did not quite turn out well or as expected. Thus, police crashing a pot session... Continue Reading
 


WORD ORIGIN: BIGWIG
WORD ORIGIN: COCKTAIL
Word Meaning: "Curfew"
Expression: "To fork over"
Using idioms
REVISITING “WHO” AND “THAT” ET AL
Gung Ho!
SEMPER FI!
Expression: Go tell it to the marines!
Neil Gaiman on Cranky Geeks
Wordsmith: AIN'T
Wordsmith: THAT vs WHO
Hot Topic: Ode to fallen trees
Hot Topic: Hurricane Central
WRITING: FOR PLEASURE OR FOR MONEY?
The lost art of calligraphy
The medieval artform of writing
Write poetry
The technical writer's journal
Headlines are what they are
On writing software
Concentrate on benefits not features
Davis Guggenheim's Interview tips for Al Gore
Proofread backwards
Working from home tips
The death of the dailies according to Dvorak
Dropping Knowledge
Tips on creating a writing portfolio
What's Wrong With "User-generated Content"?

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