Browsing Month May, 2008
i am neurotic
i am neurotic is a place for you to confess your neuroses (including, apparently, a morbid fear of capital letters). A sampling: When I have to ask for directions and the location is fairly obvious, I’m always embarrassed. To avoid the humiliation, I ask in a British accent so my incompetence is socially accepted. And: more…
A Book You Can Really Dig
The good folks at iUniverse, which provides affordable publishing, editorial, and marketing services, are featuring my book, A Garden of Words, on their site. There you’ll also find a recent podcast interview I did with them about the book, which is about how flowers got their names — as well as how many other words more…
Dah Dah DUH
As Shpilkes points out, it’s hard to know what the naming consultants at Volkswagen were thinking when they named their new models Touareg, Tiguan, and Routan. I can’t help wondering if Touareg is some kind of anagram. (“Outrage”? “Age Rout”? “A Toe Rug”?) Btw, how did I miss until just this instant that there’s a more…
