by Sue Horner | Jan 14, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
There was some back and forth in the Toronto Star last week about outdated language in reference to people with disabilities. A column by Kathy English noted that former Ontario MPP Gary Malkowski, a long-time advocate for those who are deaf, took offence at a Star...
by Sue Horner | Jan 11, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
IABC’s January CW Magazine includes an article called “In, Out or Somewhere In Between” by Peter Eschbach (IABC login required to view this), in which he discusses how to structure a communications department. He says: “When considering...
by Sue Horner | Jan 10, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Some colleagues were recently discussing words and phrases and how they change, and how often the change involves opposites. For instance, you used to be “up for” something if you were eager to do it, or “up on” something about which you were...
by Sue Horner | Jan 9, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Now THAT’s using your words. Isn’t this a great title for a book? Does this clutter make my butt look fat? by Peter Walsh. Although I expected to book to deal with clutter, the sub-title (“An easy plan for losing weight and living more”)...
by Sue Horner | Jan 7, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Happy New Year! So here we are in the aftermath of the famous “holiday season.” It feels like the last two weeks have been spent doing nothing but eat, drink and be merry, which is great fun but not too conducive to jumping quickly back into a productive...
