Welcome, ‏to Friday November 19, 2010.  Tips to improve your writing……….
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.

2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

3. Employ the vernacular.

4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.

5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.

6. Remember to never split an infinitive.

7. Contractions aren’t necessary.

8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.

9. One should never generalize.

10. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

11. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.

12. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.

13. Be more or less specific.

14. Understatement is always best.

15. One-word sentences? Eliminate.

16. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.

17. The passive voice is to be avoided.

18. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.

19. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

20. Who needs rhetorical questions?

21. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

I’m just saying! Have an incredible Friday folks, whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace I am outta here!          

Q u o t e s  o f  t h e  d a y !  

“One of Apple’s oldest computers is expected to go for about
$200,000 at an auction. It’s probably not the best purchase
though, because you know they’re just going to come out with
a new oldest computer in three months.” -Jimmy Fallon
 
“The new Oxford dictionary has declared Sarah Palin’s made-
up word ‘refudiate’ the 2010 word of the year. When asked
for her reaction to the dubious honor, Palin said she would
not ‘dignitate’ it with a response.” Jay Leno
 
“Tourism experts say that Paris, France has a serious bedbug
problem. When they heard about it, French people said it
looks like 500 years of not showering has come back to
literally bite us in the butt.” -Conan O’Brien 

G u a r a n t e e d  t o  R o l l  Y o u r  E y e s 

How not to become a member of senior management: During a meeting, our bosses held a contest to name a new project. As members of the management team read through the entries, our CEO picked one out and asked, “Who knows what a phoenix is?” A junior manager answered, “It’s a bird in Harry Potter.” 

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Thursday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer? What movie is this quote from???? ‘Rule number three: don’t you ever try and run on us. ‘Cause I’ve got six little friends…and they can all run faster than you can.’ 

Answer: From Dusk Till Dawn! Seth Gecko (George Clooney), brandishing his six-shooter, makes it clear to his hostage that any attempt to flee would be a bad idea.

Friday’s Movie Trivia of the day!  What movie is this quote from????  ‘I was their number one son…and they treated me like number two.’

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Thursday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2007, try and identify which song or which artist.” “Let’s get together maybe we could start a new phase. The smoke’s got the club all hazy, spotlights don’t do you justice baby.”  

ANSWER: “AYO Technology”- 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake! “Let’s get together maybe we could start a new phase. The smoke’s got the club all hazy, spotlights don’t do you justice baby.” This part of the song is sung by Justin Timberlake. “AYO Technology” is from 50 Cent’s album “Curtis”.   

Friday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2007 try and identify which song or which artist.” “I never thought that you could break me apart, I keep a sinister smile and a hole in my heart.”

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Thursday’s Quizzler is..  

In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!!

Starting letter: I
Clues:
1. to exist
2. to rest
3. fine water
4. cuts down
5. legal rights
6. Apollo’s sister

ANSWER:  I, IS, SIT, MIST, TRIMS, MERITS, ARTEMIS 

Friday’s Quizzler is… 

What commonly spoken passage is represented below?

I curse

tell
tell

Lies
–>Truth<–

Trut
–>Truth<–
Tru
+
Anecdotes
–>Truth<–
Stories

Stitch aid moi deity 

 TODAY’S QUIZZMASTER OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO MS. ANDREA L. BANKS! GREAT JOB AGAIN BANKS!

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