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Don S.
Subscriber since: April 2009
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Favorite Word:
passion
Passion - "Its invigorating power must ultimately be released, changing everything it touches and accomplishing the extraordinary." This word quite literally embodies my approach to life.
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Favorite Quote:
"For nothing worthy proving can be proven, Nor yet disproven: wherefore thou be wise, Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Favorite Topics:
Books:
2009 National Book Awards
November 20, 2009
Author Bitten By Multiple Octopuses
November 13, 2009
Business writing:
A Nasty Bit of Corporate Speak
August 6, 2009
Business Buzzwords to Avoid
July 30, 2009
Creativity:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collective Intelligence
July 30, 2008
Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year: "Admonish"
November 20, 2009
NOAD Word of the Year: "Unfriend"
November 17, 2009
Fiction writing:
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo!
October 28, 2009
Therese Walsh, Author of "The Last Will of Moira Leahy"
July 10, 2009
Grammar:
Proscribe with Caution
November 18, 2009
The Noun Game
November 16, 2009
How to write:
The Art of Phrasing
October 8, 2009
Five Simple Rules of Design Every Writer Should Know
October 5, 2009
Language:
The Noun Game
November 16, 2009
Throwdown Catchup
November 2, 2009
Language arts:
How Does English Instruction Add Up?
November 9, 2009
The Magic of Three: Teaching Students about "Triplets"
October 28, 2009
Linguistics:
A Troop of One
November 11, 2009
More on "Text(ed)"
November 2, 2009
Linguists:
Career in Linguistics. You Sure?
June 30, 2007
Fun Lovin' Linguists
June 20, 2007
Media:
All the News That's Fit to... Teach
October 22, 2009
At the End of the Day, What's, You Know, Annoying? Whatever!
October 9, 2009
Naming:
You Can't Judge a Vook by Its Cover
October 19, 2009
Edward Gelsthorpe, Father of the Cran-Morph
October 13, 2009
Poetry:
Design, Then and Now
August 3, 2009
The Editor Who Esteemed (and Rejected) Emily Dickinson's Poetry
April 22, 2009
Politics:
Obama the Verb
October 21, 2009
Bone up on the Constitution: It's the Law
September 16, 2009
Public relations:
Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008
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Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
Infinite Summer
July 15, 2009
VocabGrabbing Technical Jargon
June 10, 2009
Spelling:
Beware the Colophon! The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
October 27, 2009
Nicholas Rushlow's Favorite Words (and a Killer Spelling Bee)
October 16, 2009
Storytelling:
Storytelling Blogs
September 23, 2008
Keep It Short
February 6, 2008
Teaching:
The Noun Game
November 16, 2009
How Does English Instruction Add Up?
November 9, 2009
Usage:
Proscribe with Caution
November 18, 2009
Happy Web Day!
November 12, 2009
Visual Thesaurus:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
The Visual Thesaurus and The New York Times Team Up for Learning
October 29, 2009
Word Origins:
Happy Web Day!
November 12, 2009
The Biggest Misnomer of All Time?
October 12, 2009
WordMasters:
The November-December Wordmasters 2009 Challenge
October 16, 2009
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Nov-Dec '09
October 16, 2009
Words:
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year: "Admonish"
November 20, 2009
Proscribe with Caution
November 18, 2009
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
Writers:
2009 National Book Awards
November 20, 2009
Frank McCourt: Teacher, Storyteller
July 21, 2009
Writing:
How Does English Instruction Add Up?
November 9, 2009
The Magic of Three: Teaching Students about "Triplets"
October 28, 2009
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