Author Archives: Monte Bartlett
Here at Catchword HQ, we’re all about balance and clarity. (Well, except for our annual Punctuation Party where everyone dresses up as their favorite punctuation mark). We believe in the relative equity between actions and words. The consequences of using … More »
Well then, what to make of this mess in New Jersey? Once upon a time there was a mall called Xanadu. Now, the dictionary says that Xanadu is a “…place of great beauty, luxury and contentment…” But ladies and gentlemen, … More »
So the other night we’re squeezing through the crush at the bar, wondering why is it that every bartender who utters the word “Sidecar” suddenly starts talking like the ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt? But what really gets our attention … More »
Over at Catchword offices this morning we are wading through various hash tags while Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Me and Jane Doe swirls around our brain. And then we get jarred into wondering, just how did punctuation come to be used? Because … More »
Late this afternoon Catchword is folded into a booth down the street at our favorite lounge, slinging back that preferred sauce, Captain Beefheart on the box. Our bliss rattled only by that chiclets-on-speed pecking on tiny keyboards by the locals. … More »
Maybe it was prompted by our fevered writing, stamping and sending holiday cards, but at the Catchword offices this week we’ve been bellowing along to our playlist of “songs about mail”… The Letter / Box Tops (RIP Alex Chilton!) Death … More »
Consider the Seven Deadly Sins: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. At Catchword we consider them essential parts of every contemporary wedding reception. Although the list has been in its current form since the fifteenth century–even immortalized in … More »
In a world that too often devolves into F-bombs and other woof moments preceding a bar fight, Catchword yearns for language that is sophisticated and nuanced. A new language, even if it’s merely more appropriate and expressive words. Or else … More »
Around the Catchword offices, we like to honor causes, holidays and memorials great and small. We’re all about marking our calendar and putting up the appropriate decorations. In fact, our favorite calendar days are those that also require a costume … More »
In the scorched earth, ever changing and fiendishly competitive landscape known as the fast food industry, since 1957 there has stood a legend, a giant, and an icon. Throughout this time, its appearance has consistently signaled another plunge into the … More »