Lisa Taylor, Copywriter :: Taylor Writing :: Boston, Providence, Internetville

The best Instagram pictures look the way memorable moments feel.

Lisa Taylor — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:21:52 +0000

Big, beautiful and like potential album cover art.

A little love for comment function abuse. My blog’s top 6 spam comments.

Lisa Taylor — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:48:33 +0000

I truly believe blogs should inspire dialogue, allowing others to easily share and comment on posts, whether they’re a debate about politics or 100% whole wheat vs. multi-grain bread. But the frequency of the spam comments I’ve received the past year or so has made me question the need for the comment function (especially since they are somehow bypassing my Captcha thingamabob).

While a large part of me wants to shut off the feature, I have to admit I’ve been amused by some of the messages. Therefore, I present to you my top 6. Because 5 is too few and 10 is too expected:

6. Yet this is one type of trash can’t be recycled.

5: Love the use of “erudite” along with a grotesque misspelling.

4: Of all the many flattery-themed comments, this was one of my favorites as it mentions content. On the flip side, maybe flattery is not a tactic and this spammer finds my web presence awesome.

3: Nice Biblical metaphor usage. (Note: I have yet to receive a Greek mythology simile.)

2: I enjoy the timely use of current events, perhaps more so when a sitcom star is involved.

1: Did somebody say chocolate?

Congratulations to the writers of my top 6! If I could gather you all in a room, I would tell you two things. First, I would thank you for the laugh. And, secondly, I would make sure you know that I’m all set with my pharmaceuticals. Really.

Joy is simple. Wherever you see it, celebrate it.

Lisa Taylor — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:38:22 +0000

Happy everything!

(Thank you, Elizabeth Horne Photography.)

Some meetings are boring. Others are full of possibility.

Lisa Taylor — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:26:24 +0000

And chocolate.

Today I’d like to let a multi-colored handprint say it all.

Lisa Taylor — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:11 +0000

My appreciation for the visual side of communications goes back to the 3rd grade.

Lisa Taylor — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:30:58 +0000

My spelling skills are another story.

Yesterday, a stranger flagged me down and said we were wearing the exact same “mom outfit.” But she was wrong.

Lisa Taylor — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:11:10 +0000

Her Dansko clogs were blue.

Words With Fridges: fun and games with cooling appliances

Lisa Taylor — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:17:25 +0000

Looking for some entertainment? To expand your vocabulary? Look no farther than your kitchen. To play Words With Fridges, you need two things:

1. LeapFrog’s Fridge Phonics

2. A fridge

While there’s no wrong way to play Words With Fridges, I do recommend against using Magnetic Poetry. That’s so 90′s.

Ready? Let’s begin.

At first, having 26 characters without any doubles may feel limiting, but you will find there are plenty of words left in the dictionary to spell. You simply need to figure out a technique. To warm up, I recommend playing with context.

Then feel free to be as irreverent as you want.

Or cerebral.

The point is to have fun, after all.

Especially if you have young children in the house.

And maybe don’t talk to as many adults as you once did.

Anyway, to add another layer to Words With Fridges, simply add a LeapFrog Fridge Farm. This 2.0 version provides animal hybrid functionality.

Words With Fridges is not for everyone. But it’s quite easy to spot those who are unimpressed by the game.

Take it or leave it, you will find that Words With Fridges gets more fun and challenging over time, more so if you kick a vowel or two way under the fridge. You can even mix it up and play on your dishwasher. Or your dryer.

I’d spell “lost sock” here, but I couldn’t find a spare “o.”

Got a sweet tooth? Go straight. Meat lovers, hook a right.

Lisa Taylor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:54:22 +0000

Happy fall!

Who doesn’t appreciate an email notification about getting less email notifications?

Lisa Taylor — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:10:41 +0000

I suppose sending carrier pigeons to 750 million members would have been inefficient from a cost perspective. And messy.