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2012

This Just In: People Are Smarter than You Think

This is an old post, but it’s worth revisiting. Turns out people care about good writing. Who knew? Via Grammar + more

Quote of the Day

Jonah Goldberg surmises that “at least 99 percent of the things we know are things other people figured out first.” + more

Behold the Power of THE LAST WORD!

Just last week we brought your attention to an unfortunate misspelling. But thanks to our enormous reach and influence, few + more

Friday Frivolity

The 200-lb. cast aluminum 2.4-liter V8 that powers the Red Bull RB08 is capable of going from 0 to 100 + more

It was a dark and stormy night…

The winners of the 2012 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced. Though this year’s entries seem, on balance, to be + more

No Kidding…

Apparently, Facebook is populated by individuals “carefully stage-managing their online image.” And “browsing Facebook or another social media site increases our + more

Wait…what?!?

Saw this billboard in my neighborhood last night. Help me out here. Am I missing out on some sort of + more

Shirlee’s in jail!

Yep, she’s a Jailbird. And proud of it. She’s taking part in the 2012 Spokane Lock-Up benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy + more

We Miss You, Jerry

It would have been Jerry Garcia’s 70th birthday today. And even though we listened to some Grateful Dead just the other day, + more

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

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