1. 7 Little Words This little app has got me losing sleep and seeing word combos everywhere! (Similar to when you play Tetris for too long, you start seeing Tetris shapes in your head. :-P) I've gotten a bunch of my friends hooked on it too, including J, who usually hates word games. I'm going to let the following screenshots do the explaining for you: I highly, highly recommend this game for all my readers...
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Claire loves books. This bibliophile of a mother couldn't be more proud, as our 11-month-old's favorite "toys" are books...
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By Olly Moss. I'm especially digging the Klobb detail on the GoldenEye cover. :-D ...
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Today I stumbled upon a neat Tunblr blog called Harry Potter Facts and spent a good portion of the morning reading through all its archives. Here are some of my favorites (most have to do with what happens to Harry and the gang after book 7): I'm not sure if there will be another book series in my lifetime that will be as loved as much as Harry Potter. I can't wait until my children are old enough to start enjoying J.K. Rowling's wizarding world! J's friend tells us that his kids shout things like "Crucio!" and "Impedimenta!" to each other when they fight. And while I...
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I can't say that I have read all of these authors so I do not feel that I have the right to properly place judgement on the diagram. However, I do agree with the creator of the diagram that good writing should come from all three places: the head (pros: cerebral, conceptual; cons: didactic, dry), the mouth(pros: language, poetics; cons: empty banter, pure form), and the heart (pros: empathic, intimate; cons: sentimental, emotional). Via HTMLGIANT....
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