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Interesting Reads & Beautiful Books
A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech, Ph.D.—and check out his Blog. His tag line is quite appropriate: “Fun Ideas to Stimulate Your Creativity.”
For anyone who wants to understand a little more about the United States in the twentieth century: Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, edited by Cyma Rubin and Eric Newton (The Freedom Forum Newseum, 2003).
The book is based on the Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs museum exhibit. By the time we were a quarter of the way through the exhibit, the people around me had lowered their voices to a whisper. At the half-way point, hardly any one said a word. By the end, most of the people around me were wiping away tears. If you can not see the exhibit in person, spend time with the book (available at amazon.com).
National Geographic Magazine: 100 Best Pictures (National Geographic Society, 2001) helps us see our world the way Capture the Moment helped us see the United States.
Love is the Killer App: How To Win Business And Influence Friends by Tim Sanders, Leadership Coach at Yahoo!
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss, published by Gotham Books. Ms. Truss subtitles her work, The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation and states, “So, punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.”
Writing, Editing, & Grammar Resources
Strunk and White's excellent primer Elements of Style on bartleby.com. While there, check out their resources for quotations and citation information.
Some interesting tidbits related to Professor Strunk and E. B. White's Elements of Style:
- In October 2005, children's book illustrator Maira Kalman debuted her illustrations and a contemporary opera based on Professor Strunk's humorous illustrations of his grammar rules. Ms Kalman had enlisted the music composition talents of Julliard-trained Nico Muhly. Their visual and musical depiction of Elements of Style was performed at the New York Public Library. You can see and hear excerpts from their work on the National Public Radio Web site.
- E. B. White also penned the children's classics Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He wrote them as tales he could read to his own nieces and nephews. (see “Meet the Author” at Houghton Mifflin Reading.
- Professor Strunk used the metaphor of “a man floundering in a swamp” to illustrate a reader struggling to decipher “poorly written English.” His picture is incorporated into the White Paper Excellence in Written Communication: The Benefits of Draining the Corporate Swamp.
Common Errors in English—Interesting Q&A format by a Washington State University professor of English
The Editorial Freelancers Association—“The professional resource for editorial specialists and those who hire them.”
Merriam-Webster On-Line at www.Merriam-Webster.com—More than an on-line dictionary: has word games, crossword puzzles, "spelling bees," a Visual Dictionary, vocabulary builder, free podcast, and much more. If you struggled with English in school or are learning it as a second language, this is rich. Content for both adults and children. *Have a definition you need right now? Search from here!
Learn tips on writing without bias on APAstyle.org’s “Guidelines for Non-Handicapping Language in APA Journals.”
Three Reasons Why Brand Manuals Are Bad for Your Brand from Ron at BrandCurve.com—a Blog-post caution against overdependence.
Healthy Lifestyle Helps
LifeChangeLiving.com—support and encouragement in the low-carb lifestyle through the exchange of tool usage, recipes, discoveries, and leads on new, scientific research.
the Shared Wisdom from the Heart series by Melissa & Harry H. Harrison, Jr.
Father to Daughter
Father to Son
Mother to Daughter
Mother to Son
Humanitarian Organizations
Samaritan's Purse—“going to the aid of the world’s poor, sick, and suffering. We are an effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ.”
World Vision—“dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to help them reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.”
World Relief
Salvation Army
Habitat for Humanity
Dove International
Union Gospel Mission, St. Paul, Minnesota—“Our Mission is Changing Lives”
Others of Interest
Project Gutenberg—Fine Literature Digitally Re-Published. A free, on-line digital library.
Faith Community Church, Hudson, Wisconsin—a warm, vital, passionate group of people. They may not have all the answers, but they know where to find them.
Contact Christine and Right Line Editing & Design today at RightLineEditing@somtel.net.
