Please read this sentence: ******************** A group representing Washington County residents affected by the city’s plans for a city energy utility, a major mining concern, the University of Washington, and the city’s Chamber of Commerce are among the entities seeking to formally intervene in the city’s municipalization case before the Washington Public Utilities Commission. [I… Continue Reading
How likely is it that you would someday give a TED talk? Right! About the same odds that I will someday give a TED talk. Nevertheless, I learned a lot from reading Chris Anderson’s book and I will share that in this blog, providing page references if you want to read more and learn how… Continue Reading
When I teach about feedback in my technical writing webinars, I often quote these words of Frank Norris*: “I hate to write, but I like to have written.”* I would slightly reframe this comment: “I hate to receive feedback about my writing, but I like to have received that feedback.” Why would I want… Continue Reading
This spring, the new SAT vocabulary test will focus less on obscure vocabulary such as “abstruse,” “prodigious,” “vexation,” and “trenchant” and more on relevant words that college students need to know. As the press release said: “SAT words will no longer be vocabulary [that] students may not have heard before and are likely not to… Continue Reading
I was hoping that my last post would be my last post about left-branching, but my local newspaper made me do this. Here is their latest violation (I’ve changed the name of the city): Due to high demand for the [body] cameras as more police departments across the country are using them in the wake… Continue Reading