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joe3-butterlamb
Aug 304 min read
Thoughts on Writing - Issue #1
A weekly roundup of articles and information about authors past and present, the craft of writing, books, reading, and more. I. Authors...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 122 min read
Man Has Absinthe at Unlikely Event, Removes Item from Bucket List
It was one of those events attended out of obligation. A fundraiser. My wife was involved in running the thing, so there was no way I was...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 122 min read
More than Words: The Art of the Dictionary
Yeah, dictionaries are all about words and meanings and etymologies and synonyms, but believe me when I say that some of the books in the...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 123 min read
Non-Vampiric Man Learns He is Allergic to the Sun (while Vacationing in Florida)
I took precautions, I swear. In fact, it was the first thing I did when I went outside. I sprayed myself with some (apparently) shitty...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 1210 min read
New Words & Phrases (Or Words and Phrases New to Me)
The following are a list of words and phrases that are "new," as in recently invented, or new to me, because I work from home and no...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 123 min read
Bring the Noise … and Maybe Something to Calm Your Stomach
Like a lot of people, I enjoy sleeping. Unfortunately, I suck at it, which is a round-about way of saying I don’t get enough of it. It’s...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 125 min read
Highlights from the BLRL's Collection
I am aware that I tend to mention the same dictionaries over and over in these the posts that appears on this blog. To remedy that, I...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 123 min read
Where Is All This Productivity “Leading” Us?
If I had walked by it on a sign or a poster, the headline, “How one notebook could replace all the productivity apps that have failed...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 123 min read
Hypochondria and that “Gut Feeling”
Hypochondria, or the belief that you’re ill, sick, or harboring some awful disease despite any evidence that to support it, is an...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 124 min read
Yawn: Not Boring at All
Imagine you’re in your car, stuck at a red light. The fellow driving the car next to yours tilts his head back, opens his maw, and emits...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 123 min read
Lexicons as Ideas
In his 1967 novel Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn), Ray Bradbury imagines a dystopian society in which books are...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 122 min read
Challenging Word of the Week: Defalcation
Greetings and salutations, fellow word lovers! It's Monday, so that means it's time for another Challenging Word of the Week! This week's...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 122 min read
Challenging Word of the Week: Dehisce
Greetings Wordles! If it's Monday, then it's time for another installment of the Butter Lamb's Challenging Word of the Week! This week's...
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joe3-butterlamb
Jan 122 min read
Challenging Word of the Week: Jactation
Greetings word lovers! If it's Monday, then that means it's time for another Challenging Word of the Week! This week's word is...
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joe3-butterlamb
Dec 17, 20237 min read
Guy Verbose, Episode 4 - The Big Lesson
It’s a dark night in a city that’s forgotten about its dictionaries, but on the first floor of a two-story house in Laurellia, one man is...
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joe3-butterlamb
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Challenging Word of the Week: Apothegm
Greetings word nerds! To follow through on my earlier threat of featuring a "challenging" word each and every week on this blog, I offer...
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joe3-butterlamb
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Challenging Word of the Week: Soteriology
As I note in the latest issue of the Butter Lamb News (#4) I really blew it in the "new additions to the Butter Lamb Reference Library"...
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joe3-butterlamb
Dec 17, 20235 min read
Guy Verbose, Episode 3: The Big Fraud
It’s a dark night in a city that’s forgotten about its dictionaries. But on the first floor of a two-story house in Laurellia, one man is...
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joe3-butterlamb
Dec 17, 20233 min read
New to the BLRL: The Future Dictionary of America
The Future Dictionary of America Various authors/editors (2004) I'm going to be honest with you: I have no idea how to write about this...
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joe3-butterlamb
Dec 17, 202310 min read
Guy Verbose, Episode 1: The Big Memory
It’s a dark night in a city that’s forgotten about its dictionaries. But on the first floor of a two-story house in Laurellia, one man is...
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