Archive - 🕖 Off the Clock of Timeless & Timely

Presidential Prerogative

Normalcy through neology

Oct 12 •

September 2024

Necessary navel-gazing

Sep 14 •

August 2024

The Best of Off the Clock

Entries about words, wordplay, the history of language, grammar, and other topics for word nerds.

Aug 31 •

A Big Old Secret Grammar Rule

Another persnickety dictum

Aug 17 •

Of Matters Metaphorical

A categorical and historical topic that's rhetorical

Aug 3 •

July 2024

Like, REALLY like you! A look at similes over the years.

Jul 20 •

The Language of Bar Jokes

Stop me if you've heard these

Jul 6 •

June 2024

Jun 22 •

There are so many things I remember about our town library from my childhood days. With that came the traditional summer reading lists. As an adult…

Jun 8 •

May 2024

The Best Opening Lines

Well hello there

May 25 •

The rule you may not know but follow

May 11 •

April 2024

The Missing Letter

I'll bet you find it

Apr 27 •

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