Brian K.
A non-practicing yogi and vegan, Brian created oneword.com in 2002.
Follow Brian on Twitter: @invisibleland

Interior Motive

On December 14, 2010 By

Inspiration is a tricky little son of a bitch.

Really. Inspiration’s mother was the daughter of Necessity, the mother of Invention, who was the daughter of Repetition, the mother of Skill (from her first marriage), who was widely known to be a ranting, annoying, bitch.

The more we write, the less we die.

We want […]

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Large Talk

On December 9, 2010 By

Small talk has never been my thing. I can recall many first conversations with people where midway through the conversation they’ll say something to the effect of, “Wait, why am I telling you this?”

My wife’s uncle Jerry and I share this trait. He has no clue what I do for a living or what […]

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Trajectory

On December 2, 2010 By

Sutton Place is arguably the nicest neighborhood in New York City. Three miles West is the corner of St. Nicholas Ave. at 125th St., which is arguably the worst neighborhood* in New York City.

If I had a giant map of the US on my wall and […]

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An Open Letter from oneword.com

On December 2, 2010 By

(via our Facebook page)

We’ve had quite a few people accusing us of being anti-freedom of speech lately. Not the least of which was someone saying “Fuck you” on our Facebook page earlier today.

Really, we’re all for freedom of speech. We’re PRO-freedom of speech. We’re PRO-stream of consciousness. We’re only anti-stupid.

How do we […]

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Characterize This

On December 2, 2010 By

After a certain amount of development, there’s a point in writing in which characters begin to take on a life of their own; begin to write themselves.

Being somewhat of a self-help junkie, or just plain selfish, I asked myself:

What have I done to develop my character?

The reason that fictional characters begin to […]

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The Kids Are All Write

On October 26, 2010 By

Over the years, I’ve received numerous inquiries from teachers wanting to use oneword.com in their writing classes. Explaining that “they would use it now, but there’s no profanity filter.” 

I respond cordially. But my gut response is, “fuck that.”

Interesting that a four-letter word or picture of naked human bodies throws everyone into an upheaval. […]

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Bitches And Bitching

On February 11, 2010 By

When I was five, I remember standing in front of the refrigerator repeating the word “bitch” over and over in a sing-songy sort of way. My mom couldn’t really be mad—it was cute. She just let me go on for a minute, then gently advised that I find another song to sing.

I didn’t know […]

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Dashes 101

On February 9, 2010 By

I’ve written different variations of this article at least four times over the last ten years. (With luck, I won’t lose this one, too.) For those who may be confused, I offer a quick note on dashes.

There are two basic dashes—the em dash and the en dash:

em dash (—) its name derived from […]

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The Funeral Photographer

On February 8, 2010 By

This is not a service I recall having seen advertised. Still, I felt compelled to assume the position yesterday at my brother-in-law’s memorial service.

There are obvious reasons why no one would want their picture taken at a funeral:

it’s something they’d rather forget their makeup is running and they look like a train wreck […]

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Search Limits

On February 1, 2010 By

I was trying to think of a Google query I could make that wouldn’t result in porn:

“the holy bible king james version”

As funny and ironic as BiblePorn™ is, this exercise is disheartening on a few different levels:

a) Level of ease.

When I was a kid, I had to actually go outside and […]

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