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This seems appropriate after yesterday’s Isaac Asimov quote since Asimov cut his teeth writing for pulp magazines with covers like[…]
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The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]
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“Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching you. Not attacking or touching,[…]
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1. Money can’t by happiness, but it can make misery a lot more comfortable. 2, Forgive your enemies, but remember[…]
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Benjamin Dreyer has compiled a list of redundancies, surplus words to delete from your writing where you’ve used two words[…]
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Some years ago, a German friend – who speaks very good English – was visiting New Zealand and boarded a[…]
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I before E except after C … … or when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from[…]
Read moreClassic Literature as Fortune Cookie Fortunes
A Christmas Carol: You will become better acquainted with a coworker. Frankenstein: A friend is a present you give yourself.[…]
Read moreKicking whales and waving dead chickens
T he Jargon File, also known as The New Hacker’s Dictionary, is a window into a golden age of computing.[…]
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