TheErn
Subscriber since: June 2007
Location: Bedford, TX
About Me
74 year old retiree from American Airlines. Always interested in reading and words, the various activities here at VT have been and will continue to be a mind stimulating pastime for me.
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Favorite Word:

bulbous
Bulbous tends to profile most Americans these days without sounding too harsh by using "obese" and it's applicable to other areas in our fatted land, e.g., our bulbous economy.
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Least Favorite Word:

fact
Fact for the simple reason as Nietszche put it: there are no facts, just impressions. And that's a fact!

Favorite Quote:

""If I had my life to live over, I'd live it over a bar and grill"."
- Not sure now -- W.C. Fields?

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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Dictionaries:

A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013 - 3 Comments

Fiction writing:

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

Grammar:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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Such Examples as These
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Language:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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"Beat-Upedness"?
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Libraries:

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

Naming:

XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013 - 4 Comments

Online:

A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Whither The #Hashtag?
March 27, 2013

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Reading:

Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013 - 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013 - 5 Comments

Usage:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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Vocabulary:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013 - 7 Comments

Word Origins:

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

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Words:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
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Writers:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013 - 3 Comments

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
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