Monthly Archives: April 2012

Better than palindromes

Posted on April 30, 2012 by LindaGauer

Here is an interesting story from Robert Krulwich about Reading Upside Down If you’ve read Angels and Demons you’ve seen some of these and they are always fun. (I don’t think it is a coincidence that the cryptologist in the … Continue reading →

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A short story

Posted on April 27, 2012 by LindaGauer

Unfortunately no attribution.

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Nobody said they are GOOD books.

Posted on April 26, 2012 by LindaGauer

Take a look at this graph from The Atlantic and notice how reading rates have improved over the past 50 years. This data predates ebook growth. I suspect the numbers would be higher today. Gallup data here Link to The … Continue reading →

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Rant

Posted on April 24, 2012 by LindaGauer

The word is WHOA. I don’t care how many times you’ve seen it on the internet as woah or whoah, you are wrong if you spell it that way. So stop it.

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Making a living with poetry

Posted on April 22, 2012 by LindaGauer

I heard this on NPR. Read the story here:Poem store

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Cinnamon? Or downhill?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by LindaGauer

Per Huffington Post 4/20/2012 “Romney: Santorum Still Has ‘Major Roll’ in GOP.”

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Hopefully, the Strunk fans can get over this.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by LindaGauer

“Surely you are joking,” the grammarian said hopefully. AP now accepts the modern usage of hopefully. Check out the article for a cute discussion between a prescriptivist and a descriptivist.

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Five year old post and still true

Posted on April 18, 2012 by LindaGauer

Let us now praise editors They may be invisible and their art unsung. But in the age of blogging, editors are needed more than ever.

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That explains it.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by LindaGauer
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6 Word Story

Posted on April 11, 2012 by LindaGauer

Narrative is holding a 6-word story contest. Click here to submit yours I was thinking I might enter but I don’t think I can beat this one by Hemingway. For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.

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