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March 2014

Write Simply, Write Plainly

When you write to impress rather than inform, jargon results. That’s according to this piece, anyway, and you won’t find me disagreeing. I’ve + more

Much Ado about Nothing

While suspecting as much, I’ve long wondered whether the sentiments in this piece are actually true. So I perused some of the album + more

Miscellany

Think you can tell a liar by his facial tics? You can’t. Smarter than the average bear? Law enforcement probably isn’t for + more

Quote of the Day

“I would be wonderful with a 100-year moratorium on literature talk, if you shut down all literature departments, close the + more

Must Be Spring

I used this space to champion American-made Field Notes memo books about six months ago. If that wasn’t enough to convince + more

For Language Nerds Only

If you’re curious about “the extent to which traditional, formal rules of spelling and punctuation are relevant to branding”—and really, + more

Kudos to John Mraz

On Saturday evening, March 8, our company co-founder was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the local Spokane chapter of + more

Cosmic Convergence

Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker died on this date in 1955—Jack Kerouac’s thirty-third birthday. Sounds to me like the perfect occasion + more

Here We Go Again

So Sheryl Sandberg thinks the word “bossy” ought to be banned. For reals. Is it me, or is this some serious + more

The Mojo 5

I’ve been writing a bit about our 125th anniversary film project for Avista. Here’s a parting shot of our partners + more

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