This Thursday is National Send a Card Day. Personally, I'm a huge fan of cards. I like sending them, and I like receiving them. I love the ones with cute animals on the front, and the ones that have a pop-up scene inside. Some cards even…
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Lyrics: What Makes a Good Lyric?
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-Aldous Huxley
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Lyrics are often the most memorable part…
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When I was young, if I wanted to play math games on the computer, it was Math Blaster. Remember him? These days, there are enough online math games at PBS.org, Math Playground, and other educational websites to keep kids busy for weeks. While…
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So you want to know how to freelance, eh? It seems society has this idea that writers huddle in caves, chanting over glowing crystals and sacrificing small woodland creatures in search of some special, rarefied skill set that allows them to…
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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I was in junior high, my Spanish teacher would lean out of his classroom at lunchtime and angrily scream "SACAPUNTAS!" at kids passing by. If you speak Spanish, you know that "sacapuntas" means pencil sharpener. If you…
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This week’s featured pencil artist is Julie Popowicz, a pencil artist living in Alberta, Canada. Julie was born in Germany (we all know the strong connection between Germany and pencils) and has been drawing for over 30 years. She experimented…
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Celebrate a Lost Art on National Handwriting Day
Happy National Handwriting Day, everyone! I hope that you awoke to find new, freshly-sharpened Blackwings in your pencil cup and stacks of fresh notebooks on your desk, just waiting to be filled…
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Pencil Artist Katarina Wong
This week’s featured pencil artist is Katarina Wong, a visual artist and curator based in New York City. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in museums ranging from the Bronx Museum in New York…
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My dad is a lawyer, and when I was young he brought me a pencil from work that was shaped like a gavel, with two erasers on top. That was the coolest pencil I’ve ever owned, and even when it was too short to write with comfortably, I couldn’t…
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Last weekend was the Golden Globes Award Show, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and famously the most unpredictable of award shows with its open bar and constant fountain of champagne. It’s worth noting that the Golden…
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