December 2009
67 posts
“Always read with a pen in hand. The pen should be used both to mark the text you...”
– Ways of reading
Glenn O’Brien: At The Bar. →
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The Decade in Music Genre Hype →
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Random Fact of the Day
My mother has been emailing back and forth with Noam Chomsky for the past 36 hours about his dead wife, as it was 60 years ago yesterday that they had been married. Additionally, my mom and sister visited Noam in Boston last weekend, which happened to be the one year anniversary of his wife’s death.
So basically, my mom and Noam Chomsky are best friends despite having absolutely nothing in...
“…[T]here’s one kind of writing that’s always easy: Picking out...”
– Chuck Klosterman, Eating the Dinosaur
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A 60-Second Guide to Buttons →
How to Pack a Suit Without Wrinkles →
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Hot Ice →
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Writing Tips for Non-Writers →
Speak what you write.
Punctuate, damn you.
With sentences, shorter is better than longer.
Learn to friggin’ spell.
Don’t use words you don’t really know.
Grammar matters, but not as much as anal grammar Nazis think it does.
Front-load your point.
Try to write well every single time you write.
Read people who write well.
When in doubt, simplify.
Zelist →
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I Am the New Black: Tracy Morgan →
$13.50
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Thermal long johns | Gap →
The Process | Band Of Outsiders →
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Etsy Week: Namesake Designs | She Does The City →
Proof.
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NamesakeDesigns on Etsy →
Highly recommended.
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Christmas Ties at Kohl's →
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