Jay Gordon
Subscriber since: May 2012
Location:
Willits,
CA
About Me
Cheerfully retired, if you call it retirement when you know longer have an income but work approximately full-time to promote non-profit organizations, businesses, places, and people who deserve the recognition and encouragement to continue their ethical work.
This includes more than 100 articles about Mendocino County, Northern California for Examiner.com, archived under www.TinyURL.com/jaygordon and a dozen or so photo travel articles about destinations I've enjoyed. They rest peacefully at www.TravelsWithJay.com, perhaps to be revived at a future date. Or not. Spend summers in Mendocino County, the rest of the year in Fort Lauderdale, FL. They are both exquisite places for residents and visitors to enjoy.
This includes more than 100 articles about Mendocino County, Northern California for Examiner.com, archived under www.TinyURL.com/jaygordon and a dozen or so photo travel articles about destinations I've enjoyed. They rest peacefully at www.TravelsWithJay.com, perhaps to be revived at a future date. Or not. Spend summers in Mendocino County, the rest of the year in Fort Lauderdale, FL. They are both exquisite places for residents and visitors to enjoy.
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Favorite Word:
serendipitySerendipity is the happy, accidental discovery of things, which pretty much describes the joys of my life.
Least Favorite Word:
SchadenfreudeSchadenfreude is a word describing pure evil while masquerading in a lyrical sound -- a horrid hypocrisy. It expresses joy in the misfortune of others.
Favorite Quote:
"When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything."
- Attributed to The Universe
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013
- 2 Comments
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013
Books:
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019
- 3 Comments
Branding:
Sidecars and Scofflaws: Prohibition's Linguistic Hangover
October 23, 2019
- 1 Comment
Business writing:
Working Titles
September 25, 2019
- 2 Comments
Professional Disharmony Synergies and Other Gobbledygook
September 11, 2019
- 3 Comments
Copywriting:
How Productive a Writer Are You?
December 18, 2017
Laughing Matters
November 5, 2017
- 4 Comments
Dictionaries:
Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019
- 4 Comments
Fiction writing:
How to Name Your Characters
November 4, 2019
- 3 Comments
How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing
June 24, 2019
- 2 Comments
Grammar:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 2 Comments
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
How to write:
How to Work with Difficult Editors
January 22, 2020
January 22, 2020
Language:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Marketing:
Sidecars and Scofflaws: Prohibition's Linguistic Hangover
October 23, 2019
- 1 Comment
Marketing copy:
Unidentified Aerial Horse Apples
October 9, 2019
- 5 Comments
Public relations:
Reinventing Floating Transport for Special Guests
August 14, 2018
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
- 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Self-publishing:
The March of the E-Books
March 25, 2013
- 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011
- 4 Comments
Storytelling:
Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014
- 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Teachers:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Teaching:
Teach Your Children Well
February 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Vocabulary:
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016
- 2 Comments
Word Origins:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Writing:
How to Work with Difficult Editors
January 22, 2020
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