Trying to Sound Smart
I work part time as an English tutor at a local community college. I give all kinds of writing advice...
Language
Writing is Boring
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash This year was going to be different. Every year I promised to participate...
Knowledge, Science, Facts, Logic, Truth, and Persuasion
Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash This post was inspired by my friend Kerri. In May, I wrote a post...
I Don’t Have the Words
MenPhoto by Andreas Fickl on Unsplash After reading my two-parter about why it can be so hard to talk about...
Writing Assistants
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Pretty much every time I go online, I get ads for Grammarly. It's actually...
Quick Questions: Language and Measures
It’s common to hear people complaining that America doesn’t use the metric system. It’s easier, it’s universally understood (outside of...
Taste and Colors
Photo by Baher Khairy on Unsplash I often say that there are only six colors: blue, green, red, yellow, orange,...
Privilege
Photo by Ava W. Burton on Unsplash Ugh. Make it make sense! Challenge accepted. What are you talking about? I'm...
Adventures In Parenting – Bad Words
Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash I've recently had two interesting conversations with my daughter about bad words. I'm going...
What Are We Really Saying?
Eric Schwitzgebel wrote a recent blog post called Love Is Love, and Slogans Need a Context of Examples. The post...
