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Pat
Subscriber since: August 2009
About Me
I live in "deep country" Virginia and work for a not-for-profit agency. Love to read and take walks with the neighborhood dogs. Used to have a pet goat ("Missy") but she died last year. Still mourning this loss.
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Favorite Word:
Goat
Conjures up loving memories.
Least Favorite Word:
Schadenfreude
A horrible trait in some human beings.
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Shtick Lit
December 29, 2009
Copywriting:
Red Pen Diaries: The Solutions Problem
December 3, 2009
Five Simple Rules of Design Every Writer Should Know
October 5, 2009
Creativity:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collective Intelligence
July 30, 2008
Dictionaries:
On Some Deficiencies in Our Search Engines
February 1, 2010
Quotable Moments of '09
December 17, 2009
Fiction writing:
Rules for Writing Fiction
February 23, 2010
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo!
October 28, 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 arts:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Let Freedom Ring!
February 18, 2010
Libraries:
Term Limits: A Profession Ponders Its Very Name
December 16, 2009
The Digital Librarian
February 17, 2009
Online:
Should Everybody Write?
March 16, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Reading:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Reading What You Want
March 9, 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
WordMasters:
The January-February 2010 Wordmasters Challenge
January 18, 2010
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '10
January 18, 2010
Words:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
Misnomers and Misconceptions
March 17, 2010
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
Writers:
Rules for Writing Fiction
February 23, 2010
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Writing:
Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
March 18, 2010
Should Everybody Write?
March 16, 2010
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