Discovering Crutch Words with Wordle

/ February 11, 2011/ tools for writers, wordle, writing/ 6 comments

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 insidious an unobservant person wouldn’t pick up on them.* This is one of the things you should be on the lookout for during

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Last.fm & The New Music Search

/ February 8, 2010/ damn you internet, music, wordle/ 2 comments

I love my music. I listen to it all the time. One thing I love to do is to find new bands to listen to. This can be difficult when you have radio stations that don’t push the envelope. (This is not counting college radio, which I do listen to once and a while.) Because of the suck factor on

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