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Subscriber since: December 2008
Location: Broomfield, CO
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Favorite Word:

dank
For its succinctness, brevity, accuracy, and relevance.

Least Favorite Word:

suck
it's vulgar and doesn't mean anything in common use. Tell me something more descriptive: unfortunate, depressing, unsettling, scary, sad, disappointing, mean, etc.
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Favorite Quote:

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."
- ~Chinese Proverb

Favorite Topics:

Blogs:

Invented Languages Q&A
March 16, 2010
It's National Grammar Day!
March 4, 2010

Books:

Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Shtick Lit
December 29, 2009

Branding:

Googling vs. Bing-ing
January 22, 2010
The Namer's Bookshelf
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers November 23, 2009

Marketing copy:

Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 17, 2008 - 1 Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 25, 2008 - 3 Comments

Reading:

Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Reading What You Want
March 9, 2010

Young readers:

Reading What You Want
March 9, 2010
Choosing Literature in an Age of Distraction
February 15, 2010