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The Art of Quoting

The single most popular post on this whole computer-centric blog has absolutely nothing to do with computers. By far achieving the highest hit count, Life of Pi Quotes enumerates my favorite quotes from the book Life of Pi. Readers have commented with quotes of their own but by example, I feel like some readers may [...]

Posted 24 September 2007 § Also tagged: Books, Media/Culture ‡ View Comments

The Favor

Today, when I was browsing for books at the half price book store, out the corner of my eye, I noticed a tall blond man come in and say something. After a few moments, I realized he was asking me if I could do him a favor. I said sure. He said he’d locked his [...]

Posted 17 June 2007 § Also tagged: Books, Personal ‡ View Comments

“That” Overuse

I don’t know when I came up with the theory that the word “that” is overused, but lately I’ve really been making an effort to enforce it in my writing. I think it may have been in high school when I first noticed my essays were littered with the word and in almost every case, [...]

Posted 18 March 2007 § Also tagged: Media/Culture, Personal ‡ View Comments