As I pondered how to best use this space today, I found myself continuously distracted. Maybe it's this neverending winter; maybe it's the hour I lost Saturday night. In any event, all this unfocused energy led me (repeatedly) to two of my favorite five-minute pastimes, which --- assuming you are as stir crazy as I am these days --- I think all word nerds will enjoy. First is the Free Rice website. Yeah, they give out free rice through the UN World Food Program, and that really warms my heart. But the payoff for you (beyond feeling like a small part of the solution) is that the more you play their insanely addictive vocabulary game, the more rice they give away. The most brilliant catch is that you have to answer correctly for them to add 20 grains to the total donation. The second distraction requires more of a long-term commitment. At the Daily Lit website, you can sign up to receive books --- real literature even --- in your e-mail inbox in tiny daily installments. It works out to about a page or two a day. Most of the good (i.e., classic) books are free, and they have everything from Bleak House and Paradise Lost to King Lear and Beyond Good and Evil. Plus, it looks like you are just reading your e-mail when your boss walks by, when in fact you are slowly devouring War and Peace. Special thanks to Francine for posting our first comment. I would love it if this blog were to become a true forum --- an archived conversation among like-minded grammarians. I personally feel that without comments I may as well be writing into an empty well. So don't hesitate to respond, either by leaving a comment or e-mailing me directly. I would love to read your grammar horror stories, check out your favorite links, and share your news from the ranks of working editors and writers.
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