Much ado about “more than”

Every profession has its tool of the trade. Carpenters are equipped with a hammer and nails. Teachers use a chalk board or smart board when they work with their students. Journalists rely on the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook. A copy of the AP Stylebook aka the...

Capturing a year in a word

Think back on the past year. Can you sum it all up in one word? Is there one word that captures the essence of 2013 for you? If it was a good year you probably had a lot of “buzzworthy” news to share. If it was an odd year, maybe it was because you just...

From Words to Word Choices

As words are the building blocks of any messaging in our communication, our blog has highlighted the fun, the serious and the just plain interesting about words for the past several weeks. We learned where words come from and how new words are born. We learned the...

The Devil is in the Details

The hit TV show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and its spinoffs (“CSI: Miami” and “CSI: NY”) are about how crime scene analysts scour to find key evidence at the place of the incident – such as hair, fiber and fingerprints – to...