http://flamingoeffect.com/theword take my word for it: get out and Go. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:15:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Action verb: "a word belonging to the part of speech that is the center of the predicate and which describes an act or activity." Parentheses: "a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=1051 I haven't been writing near as often as I'd like. My theory: no matter where I am in the world, spring is always a busy time. This spring has further supported this theory. Over the past few months, I have been working on a few things, including a virtual global classroom ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=1041 This assignment was short and sweet. I asked students to create a new slogan for the University, and students came back with meaningful one-liners. We built off of a class discussion that loosely and broadly defined our school's purpose and also acknowledged the current slogan (translated to the best of ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=1025 [singlepic=343,320,240,,center] The red Chairman turns cobalt, turquoise, tan, purple then to a familiar green. A rainbow of symbolism seeps from the Ren Min Bi as mood ring analogies strut onto the page: green with envy and red with passion and every feeling and hue between. More than 100 years of change ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=996 Two months of nothing. 65 days and no written rain. No new stories, or even tidbits, to wet readers' whistles. And I realize the dust is starting to kick-up. Yes, I'm thirsty too. I can't think of a  better way to turn on the flow again than to publish some material ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=985 It is hardly unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders; engaging in risky behavior is a rite of passage in our culture no less than in most others. Danger has always held a certain allure. That, in large part, is why ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=932 I have just posted some work from my current students here in Xi'an. It's taken me a while to get these published but better late than never. these are examples of my introductory assignment at the beginning of the semester. Their mission: to write one sentence beginning with the word ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=934 Rain and clouds are all the rage in Xi'an. Must be sumthin in the water. In my first seven weeks here, I've been trudging under gray skies and through my fair share of puddles. While putting one foot in front of the other around campus and downtown, I've had to look ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=896 I have just posted one of my final writing assignments from last spring in Xinxiang (took me long enough). Students created photo captions, and I have highlighted the really exceptional work on the Student Work page. Check it out! The Word Is: Photograph 照片 [zhàopiàn] http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=887 Officially Back in action I've been all over the place (literally) the past four months. Winding up my second semester in Xinxiang, traveling with my friend Carolyn, heading back to the States for a month-long visit, and settling into my new life at the Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (SUST) ... http://flamingoeffect.com/theword/?p=833