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:
"Word by Word" is a Funny, Revealing Look at the Life of a Lexicographer
March 30, 2017
- 1 Comment
Business writing:
Why You Should Abandon the Edit-As-You-Go Method
September 19, 2016
- 4 Comments
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
Copywriting:
Why You Should Abandon the Edit-As-You-Go Method
September 19, 2016
- 4 Comments
Fall-ify Your Vocabtoberfest!
October 19, 2015
- 3 Comments
Creativity:
Bob Dylan: Joker and Thinker. Cynic and Believer. Lover and Loner.
December 21, 2016
- 5 Comments
The Struggle of Songwriting
July 20, 2016
- 5 Comments
Dictionaries:
"Word by Word" is a Funny, Revealing Look at the Life of a Lexicographer
March 30, 2017
- 1 Comment
Fiction writing:
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
"Novel" Gazing
November 14, 2014
- 1 Comment
Grammar:
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016
- 6 Comments
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Public relations:
Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008
- 1 Comment
Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008
Reading:
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017
- 1 Comment
"Word by Word" is a Funny, Revealing Look at the Life of a Lexicographer
March 30, 2017
- 1 Comment
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:
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
Usage:
Rights for Robots and Other Alternative, Orderly, Restrictive Rubbish
February 7, 2017
- 1 Comment
You Say You Want a Resolution?
January 1, 2017
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
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
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