Today, abbreviated, is 6/26/26. Isn’t that fun? To thoroughly geek out about numbers, watch today’s video about the origin of the ISBN number. Yes. It is interesting. I’ve written before about this seemingly unimportant little piece of publishing. Enjoy these other articles: “I Is for ISBN” “The ISBN Turns 50” Then click on today’s video and enjoy a …

Today is WORLD SAUNTERING DAY! To saunter. To stroll, amble, meander, wander, or mosey. Walk without a plot (like the way many try to write their novels!). Confuse your step counters and productivity apps. Don’t pretend you’re late for something. Drift past signs without reading them. (You’ll forget what they said anyway.) Walk as if your phone battery just died, and you’ve accepted …

Today’s video is hilarious! Enjoy a comedic romp with the English language. [If you can’t see the video in the newsletter feed, click through to the site and enjoy.] (Thanks to Dan Balow for sending this!)

Supercalifragilistic Writing by Frank Ball (https://frankball.org/supercalifragilistic-writing/) reprinted with permission It started one day when I felt quite atrocious, My writing was messy, my grammar ferocious. I needed a spark that was bold and ambitious, A word so grand, something bright, and delicious. I thought and I thought. My words were explosious, When out popped a word that was highly …

This video may have been created in 2014–well before Covid, Zoom, Teams, Meets, etc. became a vital part of our business life–but have things really changed? (Zoom now means something different than a cat or dog zipping around the living room.) Enjoy this blast from the past (present) (future). (If you cannot see the video, please click the title of the post to visit our site to view …

111 Instruments in 111 seconds. We can be delightfully creative creatures. Enjoy today’s video! (If you cannot see today’s video in your newsletter feed, please click through to view it on our website.)