Rented a DVD for the other night. Perfect for blue-staters. Well-made movie. It’s called Reds. -30-
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Author: Ben S. Pollock
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This is a busk
No hounding of the buskervilles. We have a word for it: busking. It’s the practice of a musician (maybe a duet or trio) performing on a street corner, with a hat or open instrument case right there, for tips. Towns trying to encourage tourism often encourage busking, until shopkeepers get annoyed. Above my standup desk […]
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You, you, you
"That is sooo infantile." That is something said to a non-infant. It may be descriptive, but the purpose is to shame the person into not doing what is being labeled infantile again. As a shaming device, it works. OK, it does not work on me precisely, but it slows me down. Is the act infantile? […]
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You Don’t Say
Two people on Thursday asked me the same question, not just topic but exact words. If I had a more public job — not a computer-glazed copy editor — or had more friends with whom I had more frequent contact, getting the same question twice in one day might be less surprising. This was odd. […]
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Hey, Miss Nancy
A message to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.: Dear Madame Speaker to Be: Good going! How you guys play this can make the difference in 2008, not to mention stability, peace and kindness rekindling before then. Don’t eff it up. -30-
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As Perfect as It Gets
It wasn’t even all planned but my birthday today had an astonishing number of things going right. I’m still glowing. I had the day off. No big deal. Mondays and Tuesdays are my usual weekend. So I slept late. No big deal. I go to work at 3 p.m. so seven days a week my […]