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June 2011

Ever Wonder How Smart People Write?

You won’t find the answer at the last word. Instead, shoot on over to the Scientific American’s Guest Blog to + more

“You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.”

I’d have bet money that Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” would easily destroy the competition, but apparently science has + more

Day Off

Why Books Matter

Johann Hari has some thoughts on e-readers that we hadn’t considered in our June 14 post. He’s not opposed to + more

Save the Date

Fancy the good old days when the swastika didn‘t symbolize a murderous regime? Looking forward to joining others in welcoming + more

Actually, It IS 1978—All Over Again

Just a couple of days ago, I wrote about my daughter Haley’s quest to get into a prestigious design school + more

Frankenhorn!

This, my friends, is what happens when you leave a trombone player unsupervised for a couple of weeks. It’s probably + more

It Ain’t 1978

Life was really simpler when I attended college. I remember casually taking the SAT test one Saturday in high school, + more

Grammar Lesson of the Week

There are a number of two-word phrases that, when combined into one word, cause a shift in grammatical function. For + more

If You Have to Preface It with an “E,” It’s Not a Book

To this list of the five reasons why e-books “aren’t there yet,” I—AMD’s resident Luddite, apparently—would add a sixth: they’re + more

Monday Miscellany

“The only way to write is well,” said A. J.  Liebling, “and how you do it is your own damn + more

Right-Handers of the World, Unite!

A new study confirms what I’ve long suspected: left-handed people are no more likely to be gifted than their right-handed + more

Recession? What Recession?

Sometimes, an idea is so simple and obvious it seems like it can’t possibly work. Take…er, “breastaurants.” “Why do regular + more

New Music

Eddie Vedder’s new album of ukulele songs—called, um, Ukulele Songs—is 35 minutes of awesome. No, really. Check it out: [audio:https://helveticka.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/03-Without-You.mp3|titles=03 + more

A Necessary Corrective

“Hone in on.” Not only did I hear this phrase—twice—yesterday, I also saw it in print. (Granted, it was the + more

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