My Writing

Here are some of my publications:

Books

• The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words (Penguin Group)

• A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English (John Wiley & Sons)

• Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English (John Wiley & Sons)

Magazines

• I write a column for Kahani, a children's monthly magazine. In the past, I have written columns for many magazines, such as mental_floss and Writing.

• I've written for Reader's Digest, Writer Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Globe & Mail, PC World, among others.

Old Stuff

Twice Upon a Time

A science fiction story.

First Snow

An article... Do you remember the first time you saw snow?

Adventures With a Wordserver

The story of how I created the wordserver.

Programmer's Hall of Fame

An ascii art feature.

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