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Saturday 30 September 2006

National Punctuation Day

I’m coming a week late to this, but apparently in the U.S., 24 September was National Punctuation Day.

The website for the cause is a fun browse.

There are photos of annoying punctuation errors, information on resources (print and online) for improving your punctuation usage, tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to celebrate National Punctuation Day, and products celebrating proper punctuation.

My two favourite T-shirts are “Jesus and the Twelve Apostrophes” and “Is There a Hyphen in Anal-Retentive?”

Via I Buy Books.

Posted by Amy as Punctuation, Special Days/Weeks at 7:54 AM EDT

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Friday 29 September 2006

Saskatchewan’s New Poet Laureate

Posted by Amy as News, Poetry at 2:35 AM EDT

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Thursday 28 September 2006

Jane Austen Quiz

Posted by Amy as Authors at 1:18 AM EDT

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Wednesday 27 September 2006

Some Offbeat Writing Exercises

Posted by Amy as Humour, Writing at 4:09 AM EDT

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Tuesday 26 September 2006

Exhibition of Medieval Prayer Book

Posted by Amy as Medieval and Old English at 1:19 AM EDT

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Monday 25 September 2006

All Klingon, All The Time

Posted by Amy as Language, Speculative Fiction, Unusual at 2:14 AM EDT

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Sunday 24 September 2006

Banned Books Week

Posted by Amy as Readers & Reading at 11:35 AM EDT

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Saturday 23 September 2006

Jazz Slang

Posted by Amy as Words at 7:55 AM EDT

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Friday 22 September 2006

A Plethora of Buffalos

Posted by Amy as Language, Unusual at 1:07 AM EDT

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Thursday 21 September 2006

More Bad Writing

Posted by Amy as Humour, Writing at 1:57 AM EDT

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Wednesday 20 September 2006

Oldest Writing in Western Hemisphere Found

Posted by Amy as Writing Systems at 1:33 AM EDT

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Tuesday 19 September 2006

Most Influential Mystery Novels

Posted by Amy as Mysteries, Readers & Reading at 1:47 AM EDT

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Monday 18 September 2006

So You Think You Know Word Origins?

Posted by Amy as Words at 1:45 AM EDT

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Sunday 17 September 2006

Another Book List

Posted by Amy as Memes at 7:38 AM EDT

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Saturday 16 September 2006

Books With Interesting Lists

Posted by Amy as Readers & Reading at 8:49 AM EDT

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Friday 15 September 2006

The Eye of Argon

Posted by Amy as Humour, Writing at 4:36 AM EDT

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Thursday 14 September 2006

A Celebration Of Women Writers

Posted by Amy as Authors, History at 2:03 AM EDT

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Wednesday 13 September 2006

Definitions For Obscure Words

Posted by Amy as Words at 2:05 AM EDT

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Tuesday 12 September 2006

Against Literary Snobbishness

Posted by Amy as Readers & Reading at 2:20 AM EDT

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Monday 11 September 2006

Agatha Christie Week

Posted by Amy as Mysteries, Special Days/Weeks at 2:36 AM EDT

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Sunday 10 September 2006

Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons

Posted by Amy as Comics at 6:36 PM EDT

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Saturday 9 September 2006

English Accents and Dialects

Posted by Amy as Language at 6:36 AM EDT

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Friday 8 September 2006

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

Posted by Amy as Fun Stuff at 8:11 AM EDT

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Thursday 7 September 2006

Podcast on Rhythm and Meaning

Posted by Amy as Language at 2:26 AM EDT

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Wednesday 6 September 2006

The Plain English Campaign

Posted by Amy as Language, Writing at 2:49 AM EDT

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Tuesday 5 September 2006

The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible

Posted by Amy as Religion & Spirituality at 2:18 AM EDT

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Monday 4 September 2006

Books Featuring Drowned Towns

Posted by Amy as Readers & Reading at 2:23 AM EDT

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Sunday 3 September 2006

Gallery of “Misused” Quotation Marks

Posted by Amy as Punctuation at 8:23 AM EDT

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Saturday 2 September 2006

Books Featuring Nurses

Posted by Amy as Books, Readers & Reading at 3:03 AM EDT

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Friday 1 September 2006

Illustrations From Old Books

Posted by Amy as Design/Illustrations, History at 5:04 AM EDT

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