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And the Summer Reading List Grows…6 comments

elkallgren wrote 1 day ago: In my last post, I listed three books I was excited to tackle this week. However, I haven’t gotten v … more →

Tags: Book Recommendations, Summer Reading, Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, below stairs, Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, Historical Fiction

Words to avoid using online: Pork, Cloud, and Mexico

Deborah Bancroft wrote 2 days ago: The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it use … more →

Tags: The power of language

Simon Gray’s serious comedy follows six friends from Cambridge to adult responsibilities - NYPOST.com

Deborah Bancroft wrote 3 days ago: Anglophiles with a fetish for bookish Cambridge students politely arguing about literature and life … more →

Tags: nerd candy

Mystery of Three or Malarkey?

nadinerocks wrote 4 days ago: ***Begun on 4/20/12 – I’m not superstitious, and I don’t follow the crowd, so all this hocus-p … more →

Tags: dick clark, Levon Helm, Robin Gibb, celebrity deaths in threes

Extra! Extra!

rocketpoetry wrote 4 days ago: Soon we’ll be tossing our galoshes to the back of the closet and wearing nothing but shorts and flip … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Homeless, Where to buy Street Roots

The '7 Dirty Words' Turn 40, but They're Still Dirty

Deborah Bancroft wrote 4 days ago: Fair warning, kids — this article actually contains George Carlin’s seven dirty words. W … more →

Nerd Candy: The Multi-Purpose Apostrophe

Deborah Bancroft wrote 6 days ago: So, I’m editing this book (when am I not?) and came to this little weirdness: “Aside fro … more →

Exactly how many words do you, you know, like, NEED?

Deborah Bancroft wrote 1 week ago: The 100 most-used words in the English language make up 50% of all written material. Twenty-five nou … more →

Tags: fancy words, The Science of Language

Keep looking for the next breakthrough! 2 comments

AngelLadyTM wrote 1 week ago: IMG_3545_3_4 (Photo credit: pingc) Hello Bright Light! Each and every day there are many, many choic … more →

Tags: ANGELS, Energy Healing, inner spirit, Archangels, spiritual expansion, Terrie Marie the Angel Lady, Desert Rose Healing Arts, Academy of Metaphysics, Negative Energy

Alabamans consider cutting segregation language

Deborah Bancroft wrote 1 week ago: Nearly 60 years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed school segregation, voters in Alabama this fal … more →

Tags: The power of language

Hvem skal nu betale, hvem har råd?

lonniswordpresscom wrote 1 week ago: Det har jeg! Eller, jeg tager mig råd til et digitalt abonnement på Politiken, når det kommer på tal … more →

Tags: Bo Lidegaard, Brugerbetaling, Digital avis, journalistik, net avis, New York Times, Politiken, Svenne & Lotta

Acquisition Notice: 'Silent as a Church' 2 comments

Amber Koneval wrote 1 week ago: My poem ‘Silent as a Church’ has been accepted for publication through Radix magazine.  … more →

Tags: Publishing, Poet, Publication, Catholic, Poem, Christian, Progress, amber koneval, Radix

The Linguistics Of Behavioral Advertising: "Tracking And Targeting Are Terms We Use In War" 05/15/2012

Deborah Bancroft wrote 1 week ago: Facebook’s new privacy policy apparently will allow the company to send targeted ads to users … more →

Putting together a 2012-13 symphony concert program

lifestyles55 wrote 1 week ago: “Every year in February/ March we announce our upcoming season; this is for me, personally, a little … more →

Tags: Alexander Mickelthwate, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Barenaked Ladies

NOT Safe for Work... but totally worth it

Deborah Bancroft wrote 1 week ago: …although the guy talks so fast you really have to pay attention to hear the naughty words. Wh … more →

Tags: nerd candy, Grammar

Extra, extra

Fran wrote 1 week ago: Mi scrive NYU. Dice che avrebbe piacere se ricominciassi a studiare, buttandomi a capofitto in un Ma … more →

Tags: Anno Zero.2, app, Williamsburg, eXtra, Fifty Shades of grey, bdsm, Roberta's

Leave a legacy

lifestyles55 wrote 1 week ago: Giving back – with a bequest to help a community organization. A thought-provoking message from the … more →

Tags: Canada, Manitoba, Legacy, leave a legacy month, manitoba leave a legacy program, The Winnipeg Foundation, the canadian association of gift planners

Whelp5 comments

Amber Koneval wrote 1 week ago: I’ve finished the manuscript for Synonym Girl- out of the original 111 poems written this cycl … more →

Tags: Poet, Poem, Manuscript, Progress, Wishes, Hoping

Word to Watch: 'Advocate'

Deborah Bancroft wrote 1 week ago: “[A]n oddly oxymoronic construction … has been popping up lately: “an anti-[blank] advoc … more →

Tags: Usage


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