My hometown "Paradise by the Sea" of Delray Beach, Florida is not only blessed with miles of gorgeous sandy beaches... lined with dozens of casual, eclectic, and gourmet restaurants... and overflowing with hip clubs and art galleries...
By Charlie Byrne | Thu, Jul 15, 2010
My hometown “Paradise by the Sea” of Delray Beach, Florida is not only blessed with miles of gorgeous sandy beaches… lined with dozens of casual, eclectic, and gourmet restaurants… and overflowing with hip clubs and art galleries… It’s also home to a huge number of… drum roll, please. Mango trees. I mean, [...]
By Don Hauptman | Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Is anything amiss in the following three sentences? “I must stress that I was neither consulted on the matter of changing the grades, nor was I asked to sign the alterations in the grading sheet.” “At the outset, I would like to stress that it has been a pleasure working closely with my World [...]
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jul 14, 2010
This past weekend, I painted our bathroom. And it reminded me of the good old days. See, way back when, yours truly used to be a painter.
By John Forde | Wed, Jul 14, 2010
This past weekend, I painted our bathroom. And it reminded me of the good old days. See, way back when, yours truly used to be a painter.
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jul 14, 2010
Lubricious (loo-BRISH-us) — from the Latin for “slippery” — means shifty or tricky; lewd, lecherous, or obscene. Example (as used by Richard Brody in a New Yorker review of Jared Hess’s film Gentlemen Broncos): “Hess… daringly sets Benjamin’s naive yet heroic visions in three sets of images — the gaudy, lubricious ones that [...]
By Early To Rise | Tue, Jul 13, 2010
"Do you think this is a good idea?" he asked me. My father-in-law, GS, had received a request from a website that wished to link to his. And he wanted my advice.
By David Cross | Tue, Jul 13, 2010
"Do you think this is a good idea?" he asked me. My father-in-law, GS, had received a request from a website that wished to link to his. And he wanted my advice. The website looked good. It was similar to his business. And it had a reasonably good Google ranking already. So linking would be contextually relevant. And it could be beneficial to both sites' search engine rankings.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Today’s Words That Work: Modicum Modicum (MOD-ih-kum) — from the Latin for “moderate” — is a small or token amount. Example (as used by David Cross today): “For some years now, websites have linked to each other and, as a result, have enjoyed some modicum of improved visibility from the search engines.”
By Early To Rise | Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Something that’s specious (SPEE-shus) — from the Middle English for “fair/good-looking” — is superficially pleasing or plausible but false. Example (as used by Clayton Makepeace today): “By the time you’re a teenager, you’ve figured out that [with Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy] Mom and Dad were just having [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jul 15, 2010
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