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July 2012

Flabby or Fit? Take the WritersDiet™ Test!

No doubt using a series of insanely complicated algorithms engineered by the finest minds of our generation, this meticulously calibrated diagnostic + more

Mad Time Management Skillz

Through diligence, grit, and sheer obduracy, I managed to turn a three-hour client presentation into a five-day road trip last + more

More Summer Music!

Both CK and I were out of town much of this past week, presenting to a potential client in Colorado. + more

Best Typo EVER

And it’s in section A-1 of today’s Los Angeles Times. Earlier in my career, the sight of something like this + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

Clever mnemonics to help you remember the difference between pore and pour. A brief history of the failed attempts to + more

Summer Relief

In an effort to escape the heat last weekend, my son Jake and I headed for North Idaho’s Harrison Lake + more

Friday Miscellany

Lying eyes? Bunk, it turns out. Dirty, dirty cabbage. Need to “take a break from the hustle and bustle of + more

Please, No House-Warming Gifts Needed

I’ve been spending so much time remodeling my home and rebuilding my yard that I neglected a much-needed home improvement + more

Like, Major

While it should be obvious to any sentient being that all things were more awesome in the 1980s (on this + more

Ah, Summer…

What with it being hotter than a festered toenail lately, it seems good and proper to listen to some Beach + more

Summer Reading

It’s been a while since we here at the last word recommended a book. We’ll make up for it by + more

The Barnyard Burger Challenge

My significant other recently demolished this Barnyard Burger from Waddell’s on Spokane’s South Hill. You’re looking at chipotle mayo, BBQ + more

The Seductive Semicolon

Great post by Ben Dolnick. “To use a semicolon properly can be an act of faith,” he writes. “It’s a + more

Spokane Scene no. 4

July 4, 2012: Hard to imagine a more perfect setting for the Fourth of July than a baseball game. Indians + more

On the Creepiness of E-Books

We’ve discussed the perils of electronic books before (here, here, and here, for instance); that they’re a little creepy is + more

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