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September 2012 – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. September 28, 2012. October 12, 2012. If you like wine, check out some reviews of east coast tasting rooms I wrote for the great just-launched site American Winery Guide. Have a major weekend. September 27, 2012. The Substance of a Blog Post. I’ve been reading Copyblogger a lot lately–it’s a great blog–and this post. Got me thinking hard about what I’m doing on blog.jamesbhouston.com. I owe you a beer or 12 oz. of whatever you like to drink.). Also, as ni...
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January 2014 – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. January 17, 2014. I dreamed of Africa…. January 16, 2014. January 17, 2014. I don’t have a ton to add to this great Grammar Girl post. About parentheses vs. dashes vs. ellipses– (…? Only that I used to be profligate with parentheses and am not anymore, aside from emoticons which I should probably grow the hell up and stop using. So I wonder as all our minds become ever more interrupted. Will the parentheses survive? January 10, 2014. January 10, 2014.
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January 2013 – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. January 9, 2013. I Wrote a Feature for a Food Magazine. Download the article for the explanation of this picture. If you are part of the iPad set, please use it to grab this free download. Of Honest Cooking’s inaugural feature-length magazine and check out my article on dining at a North Korean restaurant. It may or may not be viewable on other platforms. I would be honored to have you as a subscriber. Proudly powered by WordPress.
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October 2012 – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. October 22, 2012. The Milo Minderbinder Guide To Killing Your Friends and Betraying Your Country. Preparing to storm each other’s beaches at tonight’s foreign policy debate. I find myself reconsidering Milo Minderbinder, the war profiteer. In Joseph Heller’s. Milo is either a repulsive, treasonous f-wad who murders his fellow American soldiers, or a business and PR genius who has winning in his blood. 8220; Charles Ruas:. And I think it’s a good one...
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A Timeless Lesson From John Caples (Part I) – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. March 31, 2014. March 31, 2014. A Timeless Lesson From John Caples (Part I). Did you know that. Used to be the world’s largest-circulated publication? I just learned that on p. 104 of. And it turns out, according to Wikipedia,. Held the distinction of America’s Most Circulated straight up to 2009. I’d turn to the puzzle page and usually find them all 1/3 to 1/2 completed in pen. They’re all great and I want to discuss all of them, so I won’t d...8220;(A) ...
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When Life Gives You The Pomodoro Technique, Make Ketchup – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. April 3, 2014. April 3, 2014. When Life Gives You The Pomodoro Technique, Make Ketchup. I do better, more focused work when I’m applying the Pomodoro Technique. Have you tried this? Twenty-five minutes on, five minutes off. Here’s my timer:. Analog to the max. It has a magnetized back that sticks to my whiteboard. But not very well. When it rings it slides down and almost off. It ticks and tocks. Let alone the cool name. 8220;Winging it” is that awf...
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Duckhorn Vineyards Review
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Regions: Napa Valley AVA. Reviewed: January 26, 2013 by James Houston. Published: February 1, 2013. In late 2007 I got a job at a fancy wine retailer in New York City. New hire training included tasting Corton-Charlemagne, Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir. And other wines way above my pay grade. I learned I was entitled to a not-insubstantial employee discount. That very night, I went home with a bottle of Duckhorn Merlot. After entering, I’m handed a glass of Sauvignon Blanc 2011, a wel...
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The Essence of a Clause – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. April 10, 2014. April 10, 2014. The Essence of a Clause. In casual reading of OPW (Other People’s Writing), I’ve been known to let. Increasingly so, because the cause is starting to seem hopeless.). But the one I can’t let go–the mistake that bothers me most–is the bungling of. I’m the kind of person that complains about other people’s grammar mistakes while making tons of my own. That isn’t the topic today, though. My reading this afternoon comes from.
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December 2012 – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. December 18, 2012. December 18, 2012. How Good Content Can Avert Tragedy. 8220;(Theodore) Dreiser in some ways, some of the time, is one of the worst writers who ever lived. For instance, is an endless book with terrible sentences like ‘He found her extremely intellectually interesting.'”. John Gardner, quoted in. The Writer’s Chapbook. For all the times John Gardner’s acerbic proto-snark bothered me in college, it was nice to have. In the same class.
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Photo Friday – Layman's Terms
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Books, grammar, usage, copywriting, productivity. April 4, 2014. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. When Life Gives You The Pomodoro Technique, Make Ketchup. Book Review: “Positivity” by Barbara Frederickson. I would be honored to have you as a subscriber. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
