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Words Mean Things IV


For some context, see my previous three “Words Mean Things” posts. Last time I wrote one of these posts, girls were too pretty to do math.  I guess a lot has changed in the STEM world in the last two years, because now they get their own pretty pink telescopes: In case you started to [...]

Posted 01 April 2013 † damian § Fatherhood § Words Mean Things ‡ Comments (0) °

Research Opportunity: Writing and AAC


Normally unsolicited emails about products, guest posts, or “special opportunities” get deleted with barely a cursory skim, but I received one recently that I felt warranted a closer look, and eventually a blog post (guess there’s a first time for everything). Samuel Sennott is a doctoral student at Penn State and the co-creator of the [...]

Posted 08 August 2011 † damian § Doctoral Studies ‡ Comments (0) °

Words Mean Things III


Over the course of some Memorial Day morning bargain-hunting, I came across this magnet for sale at my local Five Below store: In the last “Words Mean Things” installment, I wrote about the unintended signals our words sometimes send.  At least this magnet doesn’t have that problem. I debated saying something to the staff or [...]

Posted 30 May 2011 † damian § Reflection § Words Mean Things ‡ Comments (4) °