Chronicles of Mark TE

“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little...”
— A Few Maxims for the...

Apr 24th

10 Tips from Lincoln on Writing a Kick-ass...

Apr 24th

Can You Be TOO Organized?

Apr 23rd

“Hands are for shaking / no, not tying”
— Fell on Black Days by...

Apr 23rd

Decursivication

Apr 22nd

“if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of...”
— so you want to be a writer? by...

Apr 19th

How To Be A Happy Introvert

Apr 17th

“A scientist starts with a bulldozer, follows with a shovel,...”
— William Bencze, Stanford...

Apr 17th

Senryu: Kung-Fu Baby (Anticipation, Part...

Kung-Fu Baby kicked my ear on S—’s tummy. I’m proud of ya, kid! (via Chronicles of Mark)

Apr 16th

10 Things to Look for in Managers

Apr 16th

How to work with difficult clients

Apr 16th

23 Things You Didn’t Think Were Free

Apr 13th

Senryu: Kurt Vonnegut is in Heaven Now

“We are here on Earth to fart around”, or so it goes. And so he goes. (via Chronicles of...

Apr 12th

Kurt Vonnegut is in Heaven

Apr 11th

“Isaac is in heaven now. That was the funniest thing I could...”
— Kurt Vonnegut, speaking at...

Apr 11th

“‘Oh,’ she says. ‘Well, you’re not a...”
— Kurt Vonnegut, talking about...

Apr 11th

“He who is ignorant of other languages is ignorant of his...”
— Goethe

Apr 11th

“Age imprints more wrinkles on the mind than it does on the...”
— Michel de Montaigne in Essays

Apr 11th

The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell's...

Apr 10th

“The Internet is changing everything from a linguistic point...”
— David Crystal, author of...

Apr 10th

English is the Language of Globalisation

Apr 10th

No one belongs here more than you

Apr 10th

Is it finally time to ditch PowerPoint?

Apr 9th

“Don’t write merely to be understood. Write so that you...”
— Robert Louis Stevenson

Apr 5th

“… he looked carefully at the barman. ‘A dry...”
— from Casino Royale by Ian...

Apr 4th

Comic: Centrifugal Force

Apr 3rd

Tip: Washing your Lunchbox

Passing on a tip from my brother-in-law: to clean a plastic lunchbox which contained a tomato-based...

Apr 3rd

Haiku: Springsong

Birds’ singsong sparkleson the first warm breeze of spring;my spirits take wing. (via...

Apr 2nd

Other People's Poems: First They Came...

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked...

Apr 1st