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December 5, 2015
Grammar Demons, Take That (Part 28)
Irregular plurals are words whose plurals don’t form by adding -s or -es to them. There are lots of exceptions to the rule, for example, adding -ves, compound noun plurals, using the same word. The infographic lists them all, so…Read more ›
December 4, 2015
Word Of The Week: Smellfungus
I had not heard this word until this week. It sort of demanded that I share. So, what is a smellfungus? Smellfungus (smel-FUNG-uhs): noun, A habitual faultfinder or complainer, an excessively faultfinding person. ORIGIN: After Smelfungus, a hypercritical character in…Read more ›
December 3, 2015
Tuned To A Dead Channel
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. First line from Neuromancer by William Gibson
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Readers are saying “Elementals” is a thrill ride from start to finish. Grab your FREE copy on Amazon today. The GROUST is watching. Löthia is at peace–after a millennium of genetic tinkering the Löthians’ power over the elements has been…Read more ›
December 2, 2015
The Sun Shone
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. First line from Murphy by Samuel Beckett
Someday, Mars Will Have A Ring
About 20 million years from now, Mars will lose its largest moon Phobos and gain a ring. That’s the conclusion of a UC Berkeley-led study published last week in Nature Geoscience. While our own moon is drifting away from us by…Read more ›
December 1, 2015
A Small Unregarded Yellow Sun
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. First line from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
November 30, 2015
A Queer, Sultry Summer
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York. First line from The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Mess That Is Upwork
About six months ago, I posted my thoughts about the end of Elance and the beginning of Upwork. At the time, the merger of Elance and oDesk had just been complete and Upwork sent me a note about moving my account…Read more ›
Only 12 Hours To Go
Only 12 hours to go. Don’t forget to enter the Elementals Season One giveaway. Happy back-to-work day!
