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Tuesday Mar 14, 2006

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Many links for you today, because I either love you or because I want you to waste valuable time clicking on them.

It's Wiki Mania! If you're an etymology geek or just really need to learn your words, the Wiktionary is "a collaborative project to produce a free, multilingual dictionary in every language, with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations." Meanwhile, Wikispecies covers all "Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista." Use Wiktionary to find out what exactly a protista is.

On this day in 1976, Egypt formally abrogated the 1971 Treaty Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union. Find out what else happened at On-This-Day.

Some common solecisms from the Economist. I guarantee you there are some words in there you've never had the chance to use, let alone misuse.

Are you suffering from March Madness? Get a lobotomy or get more resources at the American Press Institute site.

Get your morning wake up call.

Are you a children's book writer or an aspiring one? Check out the Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Chat Board via Verla Kay.

Ghostwriter Jane Genova gives her thoughts on the book "Naked Conversations: How blogs are changing the way businesses talk with customers."

"Writer's Pen Article Directory(TM) is a niche archive and repository for articles on writing and publishing. Registration and submission are free. The directory is a free resource for content in more than 100 categories and sub-categories on writing." (Thanks to Susan Kirkland for the heads up.)


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