Of goblins and other strange creatures
Weird Words of the Year to wonder about Every year, the world’s leading dictionaries add new words. It’s quite the tradition. We’ve been inventing new words since we were grunting at each other. We still grunt at each other, but we also talk at and to each other now,...
Speak up
Time to hit the stage again I have an occasion to give a short talk to a live audience soon, and I must admit that I’m a bit nervous about it. Though I’ve been going on stage since I was three when my parents started me in dance lessons, I’m still nervous when I have...
Words and music
Not just a movie anymore. If your mother wasn’t a film fan when you were a munchkin like mine was (and still is), you may not have heard of the movie musical Words and Music with some of the golden-est stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. This was one star-packed...
Terms that define us
Dictionaries perfectly summarize a year with just one word Every year, the world's leading dictionaries add new words. It's quite the tradition. We've been inventing new words since we were grunting at each other. We still grunt at each other, but we also talk at and...
There are two kinds of people in the world . . .
No, it’s not the beginning of a bad joke or patronizing statement That statement is my take on the foundation of communication because there are fundamentally two types of communication styles: introverts and extroverts. Oh yes, there are a lot of shadings and nuances...
How to drive a word nerd crazy
If you really hate me go ahead and misuse these words Almost everyone's guilty of nearly unpardonable sins, such as confusing their/they're/there, use/utilize and then/than. We must earn forgiveness by using the English language properly, not abusing it. But if you...