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Snow Dog
Say what you will, the snow (it’s still coming down!) is really beautiful. It wakes up our old dog Shucks. He drags himself around the house on his arthritic legs, but outdoors in this weather he trots and even runs! … Continue reading
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Outliers & Sages
I’m having fun discussing Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success with my SAGES class at CWRU. Gladwell has suffered some backlash from people criticizing his numbers and methods and his popularizing approach to complex topics, but some of those … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Gates, CWRU, Lady Gaga, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Jordan, Outliers, SAGES
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A Valentine
Mrs. Morgan’s tenth-grade English class changed my life in a number of ways. “Maybe once in a very great while,†she would tell us, “you write something perfectly the first time.†Then, smiling empathetically, she would add, “That doesn’t happen very … Continue reading
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Tagged E.B. White, John Ewing, The Elements of Style, William Strunk
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“Annoying” by Definition
Everyone’s noting Sarah Palin’s hypocrisy in screaming for Rahm Emanuel’s firing over the word “retarded” while giving Rush Limbaugh a pass for repeating the term over and over on a broadcast. Indeed, she couldn’t bring herself to criticize somebody on her own team, … Continue reading
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Tagged George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, Politics and the English Language, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, satire
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Annoyed Once Again
I enjoyed Adam Gopnik, the New Yorker writer, last night on Charlie Rose to eulogize J. D. Salinger, even though Gopnik is sometimes so articulate as to be glib; he churns out those complete-sentence responses like an eager-to-please student. I like … Continue reading
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Another Loss
One more book to read and reread — A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, who died last week. Watch this inspiring interview on Bill Moyers. Zinn is an inspiration himself, of course, but he often celebrates ordinary people, in this case, … Continue reading
Having a Moment
The other afternoon I had a moment — the good kind. I was chopping vegetables in the kitchen when a wave of contentment washed over me. I had an awareness that I have pretty much everything I need: the vegetables before … Continue reading
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The Things
I’ve never written about art and don’t know how to, but when a piece of art stops you up short and sends your mind off somewhere away from the gallery, it’s worth noting. That happened to me the other night … Continue reading
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More on Movies
I’ve often complained to John (who else?) about movies that give short shrift to women characters: buddy movies or comedies or action films where the women are merely decorative, warmly supportive of their men, and/or sexually available at convenient times. … Continue reading
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