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Jim W.
Subscriber since: August 2009
Location: Richmond, IL
About Me
I am a retired horseshoer. I spent more than fifty years with my butt higher than my head. I enjoyed most of it.
It got my kids through school.
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Favorite Word:
eat
Least Favorite Word:
fat
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Favorite Quote:
"I shall pass this way but once; Any good, therefore, that I can do Or any kindness that I can show to any human being, Let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, For I shall not pass this way again."
- quaker
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Shtick Lit
December 29, 2009
Grammar:
Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
March 18, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
How to write:
The Power of Short Words
March 11, 2010
Tick-Tock: Productive Writing, Pomodoro Style
March 8, 2010
Language:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
An "On Language" Introduction
March 17, 2010
Poetry:
The Found Poetry of Google Voice
February 10, 2010
To a Thesaurus
January 26, 2010
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Reading What You Want
March 9, 2010
Storytelling:
Storytelling Blogs
September 23, 2008
Keep It Short
February 6, 2008
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
Words:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
Misnomers and Misconceptions
March 17, 2010
Writing:
Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
March 18, 2010
Should Everybody Write?
March 16, 2010
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