Spam (noun) Oxford English Dictionary: 1 Irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients. 1.1 Unwanted or intrusive advertising on the Internet: [as modifier]: an autogenerated spam website 2 (Spam) (trademark) A canned meat product made mainly from ham. I hate spam. Any way you slice it. While we …
Writing
Adventures in Babysitting: Wordplay, Tom Brady, and How I Learned to Love Sloppy Joes
I love my nephews K & D. I really do. This is a mantra I say to myself sometimes when I’m standing in the middle of my sister’s kitchen, seemingly surrounded by four times as many kids as are actually there, and wondering…What did I get myself into? K & D are growing boys. Meaning, …
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Busy. Work.
Working for myself as a freelancer means that I work a lot without getting paid, because I have to work to get work. And that keeps me rather busy. I’m not complaining. I have prepared a quote every week for the last six weeks. That means I review a possible project, try to distill the …
Like…So… The New “um.”
They’re called discourse markers. Short utterances such as “um” or “uh” are cues to the listener that you are about to pause or that you’re placing emphasis that will become apparent in context. (ref: ABC News) Then there is “Like” and “So.” I hate them, but am, oh-so guilty, of using them myself. By my …
Green Thumb
Our backyard garden is 12 feet by 16 feet, dug out about 6 years ago. That season we harvested enough pickling cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes to put up over a dozen jars of sweet pickles, plus equal batches of tomatoes and salsa. Our little patch of earth on our tenth of an acre semi-urban lot …
Metamorphosis
Milkweed is an invasive plant, one that can grow to five feet tall and then releases its seeds in a snowstorm of burst pods in late summer. They proliferate and their roots grow deep. I know this because I used to pull them out every growing season, the milky white poison splattering and running down …
Give me some space: Letterpress Week 4
Mechanical Precision My left hand is numb. I am not used to gripping a composing stick for three hours. My kid-sized hand does not curl around it comfortably, so the metal edge digs into the webbing where my thumb meets my hand. But this is how it’s done – you hold the type in place …
