matt
Subscriber since: May 2011
Location: franklin, KS
About Me
im unemployed married with two step kids and three of my own
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Favorite Word:

reality check

Least Favorite Word:

pessimism
because its not real
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Favorite Quote:

"he who makes a beast of himself rids himself the pain of being a man"

Favorite Topics:

Advertising:

Branding by Definition
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Shall We Plus?
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Books:

"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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Copywriting:

Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011 - 9 Comments
The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010 - 19 Comments

Creativity:

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

Dictionaries:

Branding by Definition
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A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Fun:

Ladies' Night at the Euphemism Bar
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How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013

Grammar:

How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
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"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013

Language:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
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Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Media:

Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013 - 2 Comments
Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013 - 7 Comments

Poetry:

The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013 - 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012

Politics:

How "Emo" Got Political
June 7, 2013 - 4 Comments
How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
February 28, 2013

Spelling:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
2013 Spelling Bee: Arvind Mahankali Turns "German Curse" Into "German Blessing"
May 31, 2013 - 5 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Web tools:

Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011 - 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011 - 4 Comments

Word Origins:

Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
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March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013

Words:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 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:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
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The Power of Place
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