I have a love-hate relationship with Levenger. Whoever writes their catalog copy has some kind of secret window into my psyche. Who else knows how much I want 3x5 cards that won't feather when I write on them with a fountain pen? Who else would dare dream I would pay $8 for a pad of paper? Or that I have a deep-seated passion for grass green … [Read more...] about They’re breaking my heart
101 ways to get more traffic
This is a good example of linkbait—101 ways to get more traffic. Don't you want to click through right this instant and start getting some useful ideas? My favorites are #20 ("do not be boring"), #89 ("break a record or shoot to be in the Guinness world records for something"), and #84 because a profanity filter put asterisks … [Read more...] about 101 ways to get more traffic
You are perfectly normal. Those other people are way messed up.
There's a nearly universal fallacy among human beings—what Freud called the "illusion of central position." We assume that our own individual set of stories, preconceptions, experiences, loves, hates, and all our other human characteristics fall right in the middle of the human experience. We are the perfect center of the bell curve. For … [Read more...] about You are perfectly normal. Those other people are way messed up.
One sentence
These are addictive. Stories told in a single sentence. My favorite so far is:The next morning she told me she was married, and I told her that I was in her geography class 8 years ago.Two lessons in this. One, brevity is beautiful. Two, I found it using StumbleUpon, my new favorite thing on the Internet. It's old hat to the blognoscenti, but … [Read more...] about One sentence
