Category: blog
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What can the word “friend” mean after Facebook, where it is really a synonym for “coincidence”? Verlyn Klinkenborg’s recent editorial in the New York Times is necessary brilliance and should… more ›
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So, nine years. This blog began while I was living in Japan as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family around the globe. It was originally called… more ›
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Very rarely do I ever get caught up in an hour-long drama. Broadcast television, PBS excluded, typically sucks too much for me to tune in to more than the mindless… more ›
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I wonder if I’ll ever post to this blog again. I wonder if my days will ever stop being so damned full of foolishness and nonsense and incessant busywork. I… more ›
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I became a free man again as of 1:33 yesterday afternoon when I submitted my grades and went through the official (and ever-so-asinine) “check-out” procedure at the college. It’s a… more ›
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Ah, the last of the Bullet-Point Fridays! I started this segment when I returned from Germany and began the fall semester just to ensure that throughout the long and difficult… more ›
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The first definition of “bullet” listed in the OED is “a small round ball.” I think first of a child’s ball: small, probably red, and rolling across a street in… more ›
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Well, I kept my cell phone on buzz from late September until today hoping that I’d get that call either from the MacArthur Foundation or Sweden. No such luck. I… more ›
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I’ve been meaning to write something on this tired, old, useless blog (or perhaps I’m describing myself) for several days now, but nothing seems to come to mind. Today, though,… more ›