Blogs about: Mark Twain

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4th of July in Virginia City3 comments

torqdog wrote 1 day ago: Virginia City is a very colorful town, full of charm and characters that take you back to a time wh … more →

Tags: Family, General B.S., Music, fireworks, Virginia City

Getting your head around English spelling

EditingAngel wrote 2 days ago: or ‘Y iz Inglish speling sew difikult?’ Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before y … more →

Tags: language, English, writing, Communication, English language, Advice, spelling, Thomas Jefferson, dictionary

Five Guidelines for Building a Strong Marriage: Part 2

Chad Lavender wrote 3 days ago: Mark Twain once said, “God’s great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men … more →

Tags: Marriage, commitment

Declaring Independence

Dan Abbott wrote 3 days ago: Drafting the Declaration of Independence “When in the Course of human events it becomes necess … more →

Tags: George Washington, George Washington Inn, Independence Day, Abraham Lincoln, Adlai Stevenson, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence, George Curtis, John Adams

Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: Luxury Travel from Indianapolis

interludetours wrote 3 days ago: Interlude Tours: Luxury Travel to the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum from Indianapolis Recentl … more →

Tags: Upcoming Tours, Hannibal Missouri, mark twain boyhood home

tunes with twain at twilight

citybird06106 wrote 4 days ago: Who doesn’t love a free outdoor concert? And after all the rain we’ve been getting, any … more →

Tags: This week, Get outside, Hartford, Live Music

Flat Out Like a Lizard Thinking3 comments

Jeet Heer wrote 4 days ago: Ben Franklin, phrase-maker. Sophie Pollitt-Cohen writes: FUN WITH SLANG: READ THE WHOLE THING TO FI … more →

Tags: Literature, Australian Slang, Benjamim Franklin, Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare

Quote of the day

kvams wrote 4 days ago: The following quote was quoted twice in talks at the Alaska conference! It ain’t what we don … more →

Tags: life and all that, Quote

On To Baton Rouge

destroyerdivine wrote 4 days ago: The second leg of our trip was to Louisiana and the first day we travelled from Killeen, Texas to La … more →

Tags: Personal, about family, places to go, Interesting things, Cuisine, Baton Rouge, Harrah's, Casino, BLACK JACK

A touch of the mark-twains

Jane wrote 4 days ago: ‘…reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ Mark Twain well before twit … more →

Tags: death, twitter, death rumours

love*iris wrote 1 week ago:  Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the o … more →

Tags: Life

FREETHINKERS2 comments

johnlegry wrote 1 week ago: Freedom from Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with more than 13,000 mem … more →

Tags: Religions, freethinkers, Freedom, united states, church, Churches, state, Church and State, Separation of Church and State

Never the Twain Shall Meet6 comments

writechicpress wrote 1 week ago: The 30 Minute Sketch by yours truly Mark Twain is one of the historical figures I’d kneel at t … more →

Tags: Art, Artists, Drawing, Hobbies, Samuel Clemens, sketching

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

Jackie Witkowski wrote 1 week ago: Book #1:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. So far, I am really liking it.  Tom is a great … more →

Tags: First Episode, 101, Tom Sawyer

Paragolfer Machine Lets Paralyzed People Golf

soakthisin wrote 1 week ago: Being paralyzed shouldn’t stop someone from engaging in a sport lovingly described by Mark Twai … more →

Tags: Brilliant Creations, Media Coverage, ingenious, technology, Golf, Paragolfer Machine

Weekend recommendations: Jabari Asim takes on The N Word while Rosabeth Moss Kanter writes about confidence.

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 1 week ago:   Dave Chappelle's turn as blind KKK member Clayton Bigsby is just one of the many topics addres … more →

Tags: Current Books, BBC, Brown v. Board of Education, Confidence: How Wining Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin, Dave Chappelle, earl warren, geno auriemma, George Frederickson, Harvard Business School

Found Words - Mark Twain

marginal prose wrote 1 week ago: Life on the Mississippi — “Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at t … more →

Tags: found words, life on the mississippi

Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

taliesin2 wrote 1 week ago: “Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” … more →

Tags: Quotes of the Year 2009, Quotes, Writers, writing, Authors, Author, writer, Humorist, 2009

lbo: lies by omission

divulgencesny wrote 1 week ago: A lie is not in the words, or lack of words; it’s in the intention of the deceiver. Mark Twain … more →

Tags: big fat total liars, Essay, LBO, truth mongers