Celebratory excess
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on April 30, 2013 - 2:28 p.m.
“Celebrate good times, come on!” – Kool and the Gang. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I received a press release today. “Wisconsin celebrates Dual Credit Day” was the title. Turns out, Dual Credit Day ...
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Badger hunting in Wisconsin
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on April 24, 2013 - 12:27 p.m.
The names of things matter. Consider Jimmy the Groundhog, Sun Prairie’s answer to the spring-predicting Punxsutawny Phil. Jimmy is a groundhog, but that chubby rodent eating everything in your garden ...
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Whose quote is that, really?
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on March 24, 2013 - 1:42 p.m.
Frank Schultz puts on his smarty pants and wades into the murky waters of mission statements and famous peoples' quotes.
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Snow emergency? Really?
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on March 4, 2013 - 11:06 p.m.
As municipalities announced their “snow emergencies” on Monday afternoon, talk in the newsroom drifted, as it so often does, to a questioning of our local governments. Is “snow emergency” really ...
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Donald Driver's smile
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on January 31, 2013 - 11:52 a.m.
Sometimes, words are not the best way to communicate. They are, after all, abstractions. We have to process them and then create the pictures in our minds. Pictures are much ...
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When it's all your fault
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on December 28, 2012 - 3:57 p.m.
What should happen when you make a foolish mistake in print?
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Words from the Mideast
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on November 21, 2012 - 5:18 p.m.
Good news this morning: a ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis. The Mideast is far from the Midwest, but the conflict is close to me because I have ties there. Friends ...
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Lutefisk ludicrousness
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on November 13, 2012 - 2:52 p.m.
I must tell you a true, laugh-out-loud story that landed in my emails. A source who asked to be described as “deranged fellow journalist” sent me an email after reading ...
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Of posers and politicians
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on October 30, 2012 - 1:50 p.m.
It’s time for Word Badger—The Political Edition. Please do not read any political leanings into the following. Word Badger is a nonpartisan animal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I learned one of my favorite ...
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Fun with acronyms
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on September 26, 2012 - 4:59 p.m.
Audience participation encouraged
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Bovine ramblings
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on September 13, 2012 - 5:28 p.m.
Bessie by any other name would give about the same amount of milk, wouldn't she?
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on July 2, 2012 - 12:06 p.m.
Somebody sent me an email that began with this interesting phrase: “Frank, although I have little to no respect for you as a reporter, I would like for you to ...
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Beauty in the sky
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on June 30, 2012 - 5:36 p.m.
Did you see those amazing clouds that rolled through southern Wisconsin on Friday morning? People at the Gazette building went outside and gazed at them for a bit longer than ...
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Assiduous? Really?
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on June 29, 2012 - 3:45 p.m.
The way government communicates with the people is important. It could mean the difference between life-saving information reaching its target and a bunch of angry people. Government often has complicated ...
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The writing life
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on June 27, 2012 - 10:23 p.m.
I have been writing about the emerald ash borer, a tiny, shiny green beetle, for a good seven years or so, even before it arrived in the Badger State. I ...
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Don't put the kibosh on this one
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on May 29, 2012 - 9:10 p.m.
Word Badger loves quirky language
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You are not 'an alumni."
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on April 15, 2012 - 5:31 p.m.
Nor could you ever be "an alumni."
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Help me save 'Mount Zion'
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on March 14, 2012 - 3:55 p.m.
Point at your head and say the abbreviation for mountain. That was a joke when I was a kid. Perhaps it’s still making the rounds. It relies on the fact ...
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How to avoid looking silly in print
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on March 9, 2012 - 8:48 p.m.
My editor in chief and the guy who fixes my home computer (Thanks again, Ryan.) both sent me links this week to helpful information for writers. Even someone who writes ...
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Wordie alert
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on March 2, 2012 - 4:36 p.m.
If a foodie is someone who advocates fabulous foods made from wholesome, high quality or back-to-the-land ingredients (as in the Wisconsin Public TV show “Wisconsin Foodie”), would a wordie be ...
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