McWriters

Recently, I participated in a fun discussion at BlogCatalog where we came up with clever headlines for spam emails that involved rock-n-roll bands or performers. I have to say, it was a great deal of fun to see what some people came up with as far as headlines were concerned. Today, I was very pleased [...]

I had alluded to the need to capture this picture in a previous post. Thanks to my sister-in-law, I now have a picture of this mistake (thanks Tina!).
Rabbit Trail: Why did Tina have the opportunity to get this picture for me? Unfortunately, she had to go to this grocery store to request a refund for [...]

My daughter discovered this sign recently on a local bike path here in Coeur d’Alene. The ironic thing about this particular sign is that it is near the front of a school (Woodland Middle School, by the Comcast Building)! You would think/hope that one of the teachers would have called someone about the error on [...]

Gauche: awkward or clumsy, lacking social graces
“His attempts at humor weren’t funny; they were gauche.”
In modern French, the word gauche means “left” which derived indirectly from the Latin word “sinistra” meaning left-handed.
This is an intriguing word to me for several reasons:

I’m left handed. I don’t think I’m awkward, clumsy, or lacking in social graces though. [...]

Due to the popularity of the Accent Quiz I posted a few weeks ago which received over 1400 hits, I decided to look for another fun quiz and found a good one. This one is called “Are You a Yankee or a Rebel?” This quiz is a little bit longer, but I think it asks [...]

Lyndon B. Johnson was certainly not a copywriter. He also wasn’t one of my favorite presidents either. However, he is responsible for a statement that I think would be a great mantra for a copywriter who desires to always create great, relevant, to the point content.

“What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you’re advancing. [...]