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The Red Table

The Red Table

I told some class I’d post this info.—I just don’t remember who. (3rd period, was that...

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Breaking News

Breaking News

URLesque has a swell collection of videos in which ham-handed news reporters callously or carelessly destroy...

RECENT FROM Mythology

Color My (Ancient) World

Color My (Ancient) World

Thanks mostly to a Renaissance aesthetic notion, we’ve come to imagine ancient Greece and Rome as...

Smells Like Turtle Soup

I talked about King Croesus’s encounter with the Oracle at Delphi in class today, and I thought I’d post...

Smells Like Turtle Soup
posted on: Aug 12, 2010 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Let’s Try This Again

So. How’s everybody been? After a two-year absence, I’m bringing the ol’ ferrellweb.com back up...

Let’s Try This Again
posted on: Jul 30, 2010 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Not Dead Yet.

Hi boys and girls! Just a quick note here, to explain that, for all intents and purposes, the ferrellweb.com is on...

Not Dead Yet.
posted on: Dec 6, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

What’s in a Name?

Here are a couple sites making the rounds that visualize name data. (Ooo. I love visualizing name data!) The first is...

What’s in a Name?
posted on: Sep 11, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
Yearbookery.

Yearbookery.

posted on: Aug 18, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

All the cool kids on teh Intarnets seem to be yearbooking themselves today, so I thought you guys might like to join in. All you need is a few...

And These Are The Easy Ones…

And These Are The Easy Ones…

posted on: Aug 8, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Check out this quiz: The 100 Most Common English Words. See how many you can name in five minutes. I got 36, and I’m not too proud of it. ...

Online Writers, Rejoice!

Online Writers, Rejoice!

posted on: Feb 6, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

All right, we’re serious this time. (I think.) Forget emailing papers to yourself due to “can I open this at school” compatibility...

Protagony.

Protagony.

posted on: Jan 9, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

I stumbled across Protagonize today, and thought I’d mention it here, for what it’s worth. I think I remember doing this in some English...

More Hardcore

More Hardcore

posted on: Jan 3, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

A little while ago, I plugged Dan Carlin’s excellent Hardcore History podcast. I thought I’d bring it up again because he just released a...

The Year in Buzzwords.

The Year in Buzzwords.

posted on: Jan 2, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell

The New York Times “Week in Review” writes up its take on the state of English lingo in Buzzwords 2007: All We Are Saying. What follows...

Christmas (Bronx)Cheer.

Christmas (Bronx)Cheer.

posted on: Dec 25, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Sweet merciful heaven. Its— You— I mean… it’s a sort of game, see? Where you… or this guy… anyway, there’s...

Greetings.

Greetings.

posted on: Dec 20, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Crank out holiday greetings galore with Worktank’s Holiday-O-Matic! There’s no quicker or more convenient way to pepper your friends and...

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