Discovering Crutch Words with Wordle

/ February 11, 2011

Falling to Normal Wordle Crutch words are those sneaky things that are the backbone of your personal vernacular. They can be disguised as fillers, such as “um,” or actual phrases, like “you know?” and “omigod!” They’re so

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Bring on the Love

/ February 9, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday.

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Contest Time, Haiku Style

/ February 8, 2011

That’s right, it’s contest time. No, not the 100 follower celebration–The Pie is still at 96. This contest is to write the creepiest, scariest, OMG-I’m-peeing-my-pants-in-fear haiku about the girl from yesterday’s post. How do I write a

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Monday Haiku

/ February 7, 2011

It’s Monday, Lurkdom and while I so desperately want to discuss what you can learn about writing from R Kelly, the day job keeps surprising me. Which is a good thing as that means my job is

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