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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Winter weather got you in the mood for shopping but the ice and snow keep you at home? Here’s a useful website if you’re in the market for some fine, internationally renowned fashion accessories, particularly luxury fashion handbags from Bolzano.
Bolzano are authentic Italian designer handbags which, according to the website, have taken the European, Asian, [...]
What’s in a nickname? Do you use a pen name or have a nickname?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008This seems to be a day all about words for me. I was just sitting here looking at some papers and realized what an important role “nicknames” play in our writing.
A pseudonym can be thought of as a type of nickname — the pen name you choose or that is given to you by a [...]
Another fun thing on a cold winter day — what Super Hero are you?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Here’s another “Useful Website” offering. Well, okay, maybe “useful” is stretching things a bit. But it’s fun anyway. Take a look around and take the quiz:
What SuperHero Are You?
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Did you take the quiz? What Super Hero are you? Tell us, please.Technorati Tags: word games, fun websites, useful websites, [...]
One of my ‘pet peeves’ — words that have been ruined for us
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008All right, I’ve admitted to day that it’s a slow, chilly day here in the midst of our ice storm. So now I’ll take the opportunity to grump and grumble a bit. One of my language “pet peeves” has to do with word usage. I hate the way perfectly good, useful words have been and [...]
Word play, now pictures — here’s a good website for digital cameras
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008The old adage is that a picture’s worth a thousand words. I’m not sure, as a writer, that I buy into that, but if you do photography with your writing, especially if you live in or near New York, here’s a useful website to find digital camers in New York — “42ndStPhoto.com.”
The website says the [...]