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I want to change the old adage we grew up with and revise it to read instead, "Sticks and stones might break my bones, but words can really hurt me." Words are powerful. As a certified word-nerd, I'm ...
Kelvin Smith Library’s 25th Anniversary Event Series will continue with a lecture by author Bryan A. Garner titled “Taming the Tongue While Chasing the Sun.” This presentation will be held Wednesday, ...
Ramsey Solutions has been under fire of late for, for example, firing an employee whose wife merely posted to Facebook that she had concerns about her husband’s office reopening in a pandemic. In a ...
The Apostle James writes that the tongue is like a bit in a horse's mouth. If you can control your tongue, you are likely in control of your entire body, much like how a rider can control a large ...
A young man came to school and one of his friends asked him what happened. He could tell his friend was having a bad morning. The young man said, “My dad and I had words this morning, only I never got ...
Garbage in, garbage out. It is so amazing how much truth is packed into this one little saying. When I worked outside the home, I had to constantly fight all the negative things I heard. One topic of ...
Where there is smoke, there is fire. And where our tongues rage, a roaring inferno can’t be far behind. The smoke from the recent fires that crept into our beautiful piece of paradise became something ...
Join us Thursday, February 15th for the opening of our latest exhibit, Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851): From the Collection of Bryan A. Garner English grammar was once ...
A few months ago, we looked at how words are perhaps the most important element in determining who we are and what we do. The geek word for the study of words is etymology, but let’s stick with words ...
Why I’m still not tweeting. Ever since I was little, God has been teaching me the same lesson over and over again. My growth has been slow and nearly imperceptible at times, but God has not flagged in ...