R Oscar.
Subscriber since: October 2008
Location:
Winthrop Harbor,
IL
About Me
a 61-year-old work in progress, actor, dreamer, pastor
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Favorite Word:
nutI wanted to use the word "Walnetto", which is a walnut and chocolate candy named in the 1970s "dirty old man skit" on TV's Rowen and Martin's "Laugh In": "Would you like a Walnetto?" This is a current running joke I share with my sweetheart. But the visualization program did not recognize the candy, and there were no links to the word "walnut" - so we're going with "nut".
Favorite Quote:
""A merry heart doeth good, like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones.""
- (Proverbs 17:22 KJV)
Favorite Topics:
Creativity:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collective Intelligence
July 30, 2008
Fiction writing:
Rules for Writing Fiction
February 23, 2010
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo!
October 28, 2009
Language:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
An "On Language" Introduction
March 17, 2010
Language arts:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Let Freedom Ring!
February 18, 2010
Libraries:
Term Limits: A Profession Ponders Its Very Name
December 16, 2009
The Digital Librarian
February 17, 2009
Naming:
Term Limits: A Profession Ponders Its Very Name
December 16, 2009
The Namer's Bookshelf
November 23, 2009
November 23, 2009
Reading:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Reading What You Want
March 9, 2010
Students:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Teachers:
Choosing Literature in an Age of Distraction
February 15, 2010
Knowing Write from Wrong: How I Get My Classes to Write
January 11, 2010
Teaching:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Visual Thesaurus:
Ben Zimmer Named New York Times Language Columnist
March 12, 2010
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Word Origins:
"Sleeping Beauties" in English and Dutch
January 20, 2010
The Origins of "Eggnog," Holiday Grog
December 24, 2009
WordMasters:
The January-February 2010 Wordmasters Challenge
January 18, 2010
January 18, 2010
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '10
January 18, 2010
January 18, 2010
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