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Kanye West: Late Registration

Enjoy "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" by vintage #Kanye. #music #TuesdayTunes #KanyeWest

I am praying for Kanye West.

Ye’s obsession and love for Donald Trump concerns me. I know most people in the black community have disowned him (I mean, really, can you disown someone of the same skin color?). Kanye’s been going on rants about MAGA is great and something about slavery being one of “choice.” I miss good ol’ Kanye who rapped and repped his Chi-town home. Kanye has always been out…

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#ToriAmos fan? Check out Charlotte Martin. #music #songs #TuesdayTunes I had a Tori Amos Pandora station at one time and the best artist to ever come about from that station (for me) was Charlotte Martin.

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Vince Guaraldi Trio: Linus and Lucy - Even though #ChristmasDay is over, the #Christmas season isn't and this song is the perfect way to ring in the #NewYear. #TuesdayTunes #holidaymusic A Charlie Brown Christmas is a timeless Christmas album that really can be listened to at any time during the year.

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#quote #quotes #quotations #inspiration #Sunday #SundayMotivation #NewYear #investment #knowledge #interest #BenjaminFranklin

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James Brown: Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto - An amazing, soulful song. #Christmas #holidaymusic #TuesdayTunes #MerryChristmas James Brown, Godfather of Soul, made this amazing soulful song and I can't help but think of little kids in the ghetto, waiting for Santa to bring them a present. My words can't do the song justice. Just listen.

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#quote #quotes #quotations #inspiration #Sunday #SundayMotivation #Christmas #Jesus #toughtimes #troubled #God #trust

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Ricky Martin: Ay, Ay, Ay, It's Christmas - I really cannot listen to the song without feeling happy. #Christmas #holidaymusic #TuesdayTunes I do not know where I discovered this Ricky Martin song, but my guess is that Rosie O'Donnell had some kind of Christmas compilation (her voice makes an appearance in the song) and I managed to get my hands on it.

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#quote #quotes #quotations #inspiration #Sunday #SundayMotivation #JohnMaxwell #people #words #attitude

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Word Wednesday: Further vs Farther

#WordWednesday: Further vs Farther - Even though I'm an #editor enforcing many #grammar rules, I know I don't know it all.

Even though I’m an editor enforcing many grammar rules, I know I don’t know it all.

Case in point: further vs farther.

At a previous job, I allowed the use of “farther” in an ad campaign, thinking it was completely interchangeable with “further.”

Boy, I could not be further mistaken.

The client questioning the wording was a global client, meaning it would’ve been translated into different…

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Point of Grace: Emmanuel, God With Us - With a mix of #Jesus-based songs and standard #holiday fare, A Christmas Story is an all-around great #Christmas album from a #Christian group. Point of Grace is an all-female Christian band (that I honestly haven't kept up with over the years) that dropped one of my most favorite Christmas albums.

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App Review: Gmail vs Inbox

#AppReview: #Gmail vs #Inbox - Only the good apps die young.

An app that took me a while to fall in love with, Gmail Inbox, is sunsetting in March 2019. (Only the good apps die young?) With the creation of Reminders, a feature for recurring tasks that integrates seamlessly into Gmail, I fell head over heels for Inbox. (I didn’t have much use for Inbox before Reminders.)

Reminders are mainly a feature of Google Calendar, but I loved the way it worked into…

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Beware: This is an AMA-style blog

Beware: I use #AMAstyle #styleguide #stylemanuals #grammar #usage #punctuation #WordWednesday

I’m an editor of medical and pharmaceutical materials. In my industry, the predominant style manual is American Medical Association Manual of Style with the Chicago Manual of Style as a backup. As a result, my writing (and editing) is influenced by the AMA manual. On my blog, you’ll find the following:

Lack of punctuation use with certain words (vs, PhD, etc [unless it ends in a sentence])

Notde…

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Amy Grant: Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away - One of my favorite albums of the #Christmas season is Amy Grant's A Christmas to Remember. #music #TuesdayTunes One of my favorite albums of the Christmas season is Amy Grant's A Christmas to Remember…

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App Review: Fantastical 2 for iPhone

#AppReview: #Fantastical2 for #iPhone - The "perfect" #calendar #app for me

One of my favorite calendar apps used to be Sunrise. Then, Microsoft bought it and supposedly integrated the best features of Sunrise into the Outlook app. The Sunrise app itself was discontinued. The interface was great and just what I needed. But with the Sunrise’s void, it left me searching for the “perfect” calendar app for me. And while iCal has a nice interface, I wasn’t satisfied with it.…

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Nerve-racking (or wait, is it nerve-wracking?)

Nerve-racking (or wait, is it nerve-wracking?) #grammar #usage #words #WordWednesday

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Nerve-racking vs nerve-wracking is a word I have always messed up. I tend to think that it’s spelled nerve-wracking but it’s actually spelled without the “w.” Think about how nerve-racking it is not to use a W.

Grammar Girl also has a great post on differentiating the two:

The “mental torment” meaning of “rack” in “rack your brain” and “nerve-racking” comes…

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