For the record, here’s the words I ended up learning this month: ana: the collection of memorable sayings, writings, or other information of an interesting person. brumous: misty, foggy capax: legally competent daggle: to soil by dragging in the mud deosculate: to kiss affectionately dorty: bad-tempered ensky: to make immortal eoan: related to... »
Archive for December, 2010
Which charities do you donate to?
Each year I like to ask what charities people are donating to. There’s still a couple days left in 2010, so I wanted to ask readers about their charity or non-profit giving. I’ll mention the main organizations on my giving list this year: charity: water brings clean, safe drinking water to people in... »
Report on a 30 day challenge: Write a Novel
Last month during National Novel Writing Month I decided to write a 50,000 word novel . My novel started like this: My name is Russ. I’m a journalism student, and I didn’t expect to be in jail. They took me to a squat police station and parked my ass in an interrogation room.... »
A new word a day for 30 days
This month’s 30 day challenge is to learn a word a day. Frankly, this month is sort of a “take it easy” month as I recover from last month’s challenge to write a novel and catch up on a bunch of different things. I’m using Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous... »
A new word a day for 30 days
This month’s 30 day challenge is to learn a word a day. Frankly, this month is sort of a “take it easy” month as I recover from last month’s challenge to write a novel and catch up on a bunch of different things. I’m using Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous... »
Submit webmaster video questions for December 2010
It’s that time again! Next week I’ll record some new webmaster videos. I created a Google Moderator page where you can post questions or suggestions and vote topics up and down. I won’t be able to answer every single question, but I’ll tackle several popular ones plus a few of the more interesting... »
Submit webmaster video questions for December 2010
It’s that time again! Next week I’ll record some new webmaster videos. I created a Google Moderator page where you can post questions or suggestions and vote topics up and down. I won’t be able to answer every single question, but I’ll tackle several popular ones plus a few of the more interesting... »