May 12, 2010

Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link about the 100-year-old OED definition of “siphon” being wrong. The way it was discovered was fascinating! http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps

May 7, 2010

I remember sitting criss-cross applesauce on the carpet at Seely Place elementary school library. I remember looking up at Mrs. Lee, being fascinated by the Dewey Decimal System. I thought she was…

May 4, 2010

2011 EMERGING VOICES APPLICATION About the Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellowship Program Emerging Voices is an intensive eight-month program for writers in the early stages of their literary careers. The program…

May 3, 2010

This is an adult entry for this blog – some words may be sensitive to some readers. You have been warned. Betsy Bird, over at SLJ, reviewed Mirror Mirror today…