All Entries in the "Writing" Category
Passion And The Comma Splice
When I was in High School, my active social life, caused me to have a shortage of credits. An enterprising High School counselor, suggested that I take a College course during my Senior year. One College unit was worth about four High School units. So one College course, would give me credits to spare. I [...]
Ye Olde Blog Of Ben Franklin
When I was a kid I was a huge fan of Benjamin Franklin. I would go to the library and check out books about him, and then tell everyone, about all the cool things he did, (like start the first library). I am still a fan of Ben, I just like to keep him in [...]
Link Love
I recently had a small surge in my traffic. I thought it was my brilliant writing, but I just discovered that I got a little publicity when my favorite newscaster mentioned me in her blog. After this boost, my small traffic surge became a small traffic plummet. From what I could tell people hated [...]
History, Like Bank Robbing, Repeats Itself
In the 1930s, Bonnie & Clyde became the FBI’s most wanted, and folk heroes, with people who weren’t actually affected by their violence. I thought bank robbing was a profession of the past. Then suddenly, I keep reading news of recent bank robberies. These modern day bank robberies don’t consist of machine guns, clever disguises, [...]
Staying Motivated To Write
Ankesh Kothari has a great post about writing one post a day. He uses bullet points to emphasize the fact that: Writing Is Hard Work I thought this was a clever use of bullet points, and I agree that it is easier to write 1 post a day than 3 a week. I also believe [...]
Helium
Here’s a free plug for Helium.com. If your interested in getting some writing practice and a little exposure than Helium may be the place to begin. Once you sign up, you can begin writing on available topics or create (upon approval) your own topics. The articles are rated by a peer rating system and they [...]
My humble attempt at networking has begun.
In my second post I used some information from Paul Brians website. I also sent him an email asking if this was OK. He responded and sent a link to part of his website that has his book and more useful English links. Here is the Link.
First Topics
As I was reading my brief introduction, I realized, I wasn’t sure if I used bear correctly as in bear with me. With some brief Internet research I discovered. That bear is an animal, and also to carry a burden. If I would of said bare with me I would of been requesting group stripping. [...]
