How do you bring The Rascals, first known as The Young Rascals, to Broadway after all these years? When the members of this legendary group don’t even talk to each other, how can they go on stage together night after night? What do you do? Bringing in a mediator is sometimes the only way to […]
Meet The Challenge
March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This question came across my desk recently: “Creating the best visual content is always a challenge, any tips to fight this challenge?” Before I could even consider answering the question, I wanted to shake him and say: “There’s no such thing as fighting a challenge! A challenge is to be met! Deal with it – […]
The Words of Downton Abbey
February 20, 2013 by 4 Comments
Courtesy of Downton Soup: The Words of Downton Abbey, Season 3 As avid watchers of Downton Abbey, haven’t we all sat up, perked our ears and, scratching our heads, muttered: “Huh? What did Mrs. Hughes just say?” “What was Lord Grantham talking about?” Wordnik to the rescue! In her February 14 Wordnik Blog post, Angela […]
Carefree vs. Careless
October 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Who doesn’t luxuriate in the feeling of being carefree? Didn’t we feel carefree when we were young? When dreams were unreserved and hopes high. How about now? As much as we still want to dig that carefree, easy feeling, we are older and wiser now. We don’t want to be careless and squander those good […]
Dream
January 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“I have a dream … .” These are Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous words, and the first words of a memorable speech. We are reminded of them today on this day, his day, a day that celebrates his legacy. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons […]
Zeitgeist
January 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It is the spirit and attitude of a particular time. It represents the cultural, spiritual, or political climate. You could say that it is the spirit of the age, the sign of the times. People that influence it have their finger on the pulse. It captures the definitive feeling in a nutshell and it is […]
Imply vs. Infer
January 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
Two words that can be used interchangeably? That have the same meaning? Let’s see. Imply im·ply [im-plahy] verb 1. to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated 2. to signify or mean. 3. to involve as a necessary circumstance. Related Words: connote, entail. dictionary Synonyms: assume, include. thesaurus Origin: late 14c., “to enfold, enwrap, entangle” from O.Fr. emplier, […]
Trajectory
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As one year closes and a new one begins, the word on my mind is trajectory. The choices we make or those unequivocally made for us dictate the trajectory of our lives. Don’t they? I wonder. The “experts” tell us: think toward the future, don’t dwell on the past. Well, it’s just not that easy. […]
Wow
December 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We learned Steve Jobs’s very last words from his sister Mona Simpson, in her eulogy published in the New York Times. “Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them. Steve’s final words were: OH […]
Word of the Year
December 26, 2011 by 3 Comments
It’s the end of the year and “best of lists” are everywhere. So why shouldn’t there be a “best word”? Perhaps it’s the word we used the most or talked about the most, looked up the most or thought about the most. Maybe it’s the word that defines us or the events of 2011 the […]
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