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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
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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:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Grammar:
Grammar Bite: Making Media Agree
November 17, 2011
- 6
Comments
"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
- 8
Comments
How to write:
Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
January 11, 2012
- 24
Comments
Do Writers Really Need to Learn Math?
December 13, 2011
- 6
Comments
Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 5
Comments
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Poetry:
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3
Comments
Song of Myself: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom
May 30, 2011
- 4
Comments
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15
Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5
Comments
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2
Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5
Comments
Teaching:
Black History Month
February 9, 2012
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Vote for the VT as Top Language Website!
December 23, 2011
Jamie McKenzie on Finding the Best Words
November 16, 2011
- 6
Comments
Word Origins:
"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
February 7, 2012
- 3
Comments
Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
January 26, 2012
- 6
Comments
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 5
Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
Writing:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2
Comments
Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
January 11, 2012
- 24
Comments
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