Bob
Subscriber since: Fri Feb 27 12:06:16 EST 2009
Location: Ashland, OR
About Me
I am retired and writing a book concerning the brain and mind relationship. I live with my 15 year old son here in Ashland. I was born in Hollywood and grew up in Pasadena California. After completing graduate school at USC I moved north to San Francisco where I lived for 30 years.
My Word Lists
My Favorites

Favorite Word:

oxytocin

Least Favorite Word:

dogma

Favorite Quote:

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing."
- Sigmund Freud

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
Fri Aug 13 09:00:00 EDT 2021
Highly Entertaining and Informative
Tue Aug 03 08:00:00 EDT 2021

Language:

Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
Thu Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2022
Brand Names of the Year for 2021
Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2021

Linguistics:

Scale Your Onboarding
Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2022
Tricky, Special, Fruitful, Space-Flavored Fiddle-Faddle
Thu Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Reading:

How to Read More Books
Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
Mon Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Vocabulary:

The Post-Dictionary World?
Thu Jun 03 09:00:00 EDT 2021
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
Wed Jan 11 10:14:00 EST 2017

Writing:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start
Thu Jul 28 11:00:00 EDT 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2022