Author Archives: Larry Fire
Starbucks Introduces “Value Menu”
On Monday, the gourmet coffee chain that’s been losing business at quite a clip of late, will unveil plans for its first value menu: $3.95 will get you a latte with coffee cake or drip coffee with hot sandwich. That’s right, food and drink at Starbucks for less than the $4 the chain is oftenContinue reading “Starbucks Introduces “Value Menu””
More Information On The Limited Edition Of Stephen King’s, “One For The Road”
Stephen King’s short story “One For The Road” will be released in a strictly-limited, extensively illustrated, full color hardcover edition that will be published by PS Publishing in the spring of 2009. Jim Hannah is the artist for the book. There will be 19 color illustrations plus a wraparound cover and each of them willContinue reading “More Information On The Limited Edition Of Stephen King’s, “One For The Road””
Stephen King’s UR, Exclusively on Amazon’s Kindle
Author Stephen King announced today that he is releasing a novella, “Ur,” which will only be available on Amazon’s Kindle. At the center of Ur is lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith, who can’t seem to get his ex-girlfriend’s parting shot out of his head: “Why can’t you just read off the computer like theContinue reading “Stephen King’s UR, Exclusively on Amazon’s Kindle”
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
HERE is a list on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Never worry about that embarrassing tagged photo appearing again.
Comic Book Lettering Explained
Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are quite unique. What follows is a list that every letterer eventually commits to his/her own mental reference file. The majority of these points are established tradition, sprinkled with modern trends. LINK
What News Anchors Do During Commercials
Chicago based WGN news anchors Robert Jordan and Jackie Bange have worked together for many years. They started making up these little coordinated dance routines during the commercial breaks. Gradually the routines became more complex, as you can see here.
Spelling Test
The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words is a list that has circulated among American businesses for decades. Two words have variant spellings for companies using British English spelling. Those two words have been repeated in the list of 25 words (making 27 items) asking for the British spelling. Business writers can avoid the problem ofContinue reading “Spelling Test”
Save The Words
HERE is a beautiful and nerdy site that urges you to “adopt” a rarely used archaic word and use it in conversation to prevent it from vanishing from the English language. Overcome your pigritude (slothfulness) and learn something today!
Attack of the 50-Foot Baby Blocks
Attack of the 50 foot Baby is a set of nesting stacking cardboard boxes for your toddler to stack up and know down. The blocks are covered in dense comic art with sight gags on the theme of “Oh God the baby is coming to destroy us all!”