chevalrouge
Subscriber since: August 2006
Location: Newburgh, IN
About Me
I am a retired banker and am researching to write a book about the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad which built a route through my home town of Washington, Indiana in 1857. This was the first railway to connect Cincinatti and St Louis.

My wife and I love to travel and we have been to 21 countries together.
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Favorite Word:

tintinnabulation
From Edgar Allen Poe. The ringing of the bells, bells, bells.
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Least Favorite Word:

cliche
and what it stands for.

Favorite Quote:

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
- Benjamin Franklin in the London Times

Favorite Topics:

Books:

Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012 - 4 Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

How to write:

Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments
Do Writers Really Need to Learn Math?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers December 13, 2011 - 6 Comments

Libraries:

Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments
"Get Your Geek On" at Public Libraries
November 19, 2010 - 9 Comments

Media:

Introducing "Lexicon Valley"
February 7, 2012
Exposure, Excitement, Inspiration
December 19, 2011 - 4 Comments

Naming:

The Ündeniable Ümlaut
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 19, 2012 - 9 Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2011
December 6, 2011 - 3 Comments

Politics:

Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 9, 2012 - 4 Comments
Quotable Moments of 2011
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers December 23, 2011 - 5 Comments

Reading:

The Power of General Statements
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Teachers:

Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012 - 3 Comments
The Art of the Interview
January 17, 2012 - 1 Comment

Visual Thesaurus:

Vote for the VT as Top Language Website!
December 23, 2011
Jamie McKenzie on Finding the Best Words
November 16, 2011 - 6 Comments

Web tools:

Your Virtual Bookshelf
November 25, 2008
Is Dr. Johnson Rolling in His Grave?
October 21, 2008

Word Origins:

"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 7, 2012 - 3 Comments
Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 26, 2012 - 6 Comments

Writer's block:

Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008 - 11 Comments

Writing:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments