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Richard L.
Subscriber since: July 2008
Location: Zeeland, MI
About Me
My company designs, engineers and manufactures steel building systems for the public and commercial sectors.
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Favorite Word:
chiaroscuro
The Interplay of Light and Shade. It creates depth in the visual and musical arts. It is also descriptive of humanity.
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Least Favorite Word:
whatever
"Whatever!" conveys a low give-a-shit level.
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""Education is the one commodity that is payed for and complained about when you get it.""
- Ray Levang
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Advertising:
"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
- 8
Comments
Mass-Market Artisans
October 26, 2011
- 5
Comments
Branding:
The Ündeniable Ümlaut
January 19, 2012
- 9
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2011
December 6, 2011
- 3
Comments
Business writing:
Red Pen Diaries: Das Kapitalization
November 8, 2010
- 6
Comments
Buzzword Watch: "Acq-hire"
September 28, 2010
- 7
Comments
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2
Comments
Fun:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6
Comments
Massaging European Issues
February 2, 2012
- 8
Comments
Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6
Comments
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Language arts:
The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012
- 3
Comments
Marketing:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9
Comments
"And One More Thing": The Insanely Great Language of Steve Jobs
October 7, 2011
- 7
Comments
Marketing copy:
Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008
- 1
Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008
- 3
Comments
Word Origins:
"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
February 7, 2012
- 3
Comments
Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
January 26, 2012
- 6
Comments
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6
Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
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