<Note: I see a lot of people searching for "Late Kate" and ending up here. Would you please tell me what you were expecting? I have found this search term very intriguing and I'd love to know more. Thanks > Way back in time, in first grade the Slo-Man's first tentative steps into…
The Slo-man's alter ego has kept him busy and occupied and the other personalities that live with him have been tied up too. You could argue that that is to be expected and you would be arguing with yourself. However, this post is about feedback, not the kind that Hendrix harnessed so harmonically,…
Yes, indeedy.... that is an actual search term that someone used in Bing to get to this blog! Obviously, I've things to learn. What were they looking for? A picture or a video of a chicken looking longingly at a computer? Or vice versa? WHY? And so they came here, read the Chicken…
BottledWorder is at it again - digging deep into the blogging experience and into the mind of the bloggist. http://bottledworder.com/2013/05/07/electronic-writing-and-the-numbers-game/ I did try the cute kitten trick and it definitely brought an uptick in traffic, so clearly the people have spoken! "Less coconut oil and more kittens" they say. Should I break down…
BottledWorder is at it again - digging deep into the blogging experience and into the mind of the bloggist. http://bottledworder.com/2013/05/07/electronic-writing-and-the-numbers-game/ I did try the cute kitten trick and it definitely brought an uptick in traffic, so clearly the people have spoken! "Less coconut oil and more kittens" they say. Should I break down…
One of the weird things about blogs is the fact that you interact with other bloggers, hitherto unknown people, now vaguely known through what they share on their blogs and on yours. As you read their blogs, you develop a picture of what they may look like, what they do in their day…
The "About" page has been updated. Actually a new menu item has been added. Hopefully, confusion will diminish and readers will understand the blog a wee bit more.
The immediacy of internet tools, such as Twitter and Wordpress, and the ease with which anyone with time, little or no talent, and nothing original to say, can write and be published seem to have broken the shackles with which grammar bound the lazy and diffident, and the modern reader has neither the…
Really? No! Just an updated menu to make finding things easier in this crazy, mixed up blog. The blog has so many different flavors, as the two personalities write contrasting pieces. But, while there is no real fruit here, we are happy to announce that yet another personality will be taking up writing…
Books have given me hours of enjoyment over the years. In a recent conversation a colleague was genuinely amazed that I still re-read these books. And it got me thinking of the authors I still read.