Alan B.
Subscriber since: May 2011
Location:
CA,
United States
About Me
I am an author, penned two books, numerous newspaper and magazine articles, a blogger and in search of the greatest words to be had.
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Favorite Word:
crenellateLife is a castle - sometimes under siege, sometimes not. When is not a good time to fire arrows at your target?
Least Favorite Word:
ratFavorite Quote:
"It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable."
- Mr Bennet - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Favorite Topics:
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3 Comments
Language:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Language arts:
A Wicked Worksheet of the Week
May 15, 2013
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1 Comment
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Spelling:
Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013
- 3 Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012
- 1 Comment
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Usage:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Vocabulary:
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
May 14, 2013
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Words:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
- 11 Comments
Writers:
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
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