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Culture Buzz This is my great-great grandmother's autograph book. Her name was Grace. Here are some of the entries in her book, including a stamp from the man she would go on to marry.
Culture Buzz Writer Shelley Jackson is publishing her story entitled “Skin” in tattoos on strangers, one word at a time. Volunteers in the project must accept the word they are given and tattoos must be in black ink, in a classic book font.
Behold, the secrets of effective manifesto writing! Thanks to Kimberly Mok now you too can let the man know how you feel.
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Repeat after me: I will get this shit done.
Maybe it's the English major in me, but this one hit me pretty hard - wonderful stuff. And the best part is that it's actually been published. Via Grasping Reality with Both Hands.
While searching through blogs I stumbled across my college English professor's new book. I always wondered how he got so smart…
The surprising true story of Canadian novelist Howard Engel, who woke up one morning to find that he could still write but was no longer able to read. (Via.)
http://mashable.com/2010/06/02/ap-social-media-guidelines/
The AP Stylebook has released its new social media guidelines, including the official change from “Web site” to “website” (a move first reported back in April) and 41 other definitions, use cases and rules that journalists should follow.
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When not “feeding the buzz,” I'm usually managing My Parents Were Awesome, which is now becoming a book (I know, *groan*). Good news is, I'm looking for contributors, meaning you could get published! Act fast, though — the deadline for submitting is fast approaching!
When thought of in the appropriate context, the collection of pictures on Godzilla Bukkake are dead on. And LOLspeak lives on!
Tech Buzz Like Howard Beale in Network, many longtime Microsoft Word users are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. So they’re abandoning Word in droves, turning instead to Google Docs and other more elegant, intuitive, user-friendly apps such as Scrivener, WriteRoom, and Buzzword for all their word-processing needs.
At a town hall style meeting in Portland, Maine today a woman…
“At forward, No. 9, he collects rare birds and has a pet dolphin…
