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What do you call it when...? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:50 am
What do you call it when someone adds a comment to your post that purports to be genuine, but is really just a self serving gesture to get their own URL in there? They'll say something vaguely compli...
The Make-An-Effort Diet 24 Jun 2013 | 04:00 pm
I only used the word "diet" to lure you in. MAE is not a diet. Diets are depressing. The very word makes me feel sad, deprived of things desireable, filled with a rebellious fervor to go out and ea...
Family owned 16 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
You see it on organic foods and on the advertising that is trying to attract an environmentally sympathetic, locally grown, "healthy" type audience. And for sure it's a code word for not being big bu...
Placebo: it's all in your mind.... 24 Mar 2013 | 08:18 am
I was surprised when I examined the literature that came with my first prescription migraine drugs. There, in minuscule print on tissue thin paper folded about 20 times, was the FDA approved statemen...
Listen Up! 25 Feb 2013 | 04:52 am
I'm not a techno maven, so please forgive my self-congratulation and delight at having figured out how to download digital audio titles (and eBooks) to my iPhone...from the Public Library. 0 0 1 7...
A New Language 1 Feb 2013 | 08:20 pm
I was thinking I should learn a new language. You know what they say, keep the mind active, learning, getting exercised. Maybe Spanish? My year of Spanish in 8th grade was a hazy memory, and learning...
Poetry 16 Oct 2012 | 09:24 am
I majored in English in college—I have always loved stories. I can't even remember now what my period of interest was—maybe 19th century English & French literature? That sounds reasonable. I read...
The burden of specialness 24 Sep 2012 | 09:39 am
Did you catch the David McCullough Jr (son of) "You are not special" graduation speech? In some follow up interviews he speaks about his goals in taking his position that resonated with me: the burd...
What Is It About Virginity? 31 May 2012 | 02:38 am
No, not just that kind. I'm thinking of all kinds of firsts, any first. While virginity in other areas don't get nearly the play that sexual innocence/experience gets (why is that?), many firsts are...
If you haven't read it yet, you should…. 24 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
I’ve just finished re-reading Deborah Tannen’s early work (1990), You Just Don’t Understand. She’s a linguistic professor who has published some bestselling titles (That’s Not What I Meant, Talking 9...
