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Subscriber since: May 2011
Location: Yucaipa, CA
About Me
At the age of 76 I'm writing my first novel. It's set in 1869-70 and is much harder to do than I expected 8>) but I'm enjoying every minute of it.
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Favorite Word:
meshugaas
It's actually Jewish (Yiddish) but seems to have made its way into the English language. It means crazy, mixed up. I like it because it sounds exactly like what it means
Least Favorite Word:
stupid
It is a very demeaning word, and usually means anyone who doesn't agree with you.
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Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
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A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
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Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
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- 15
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The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
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Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
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Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
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Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
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Writers:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
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Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
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Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
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