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May.14.2013
I said this before
I said this before Again I speak for it therefore It is bad manner That may be realized sooner
It is disrespect for a poetFor fresh or old to remain quiet Not because he finds place hereBut goes unheard somewhere
It is not important How good...
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Apr.10.2013
She came closest to being monarchy, so it is only apt that they promise her a funeral no less than Lady Diana’s. Britons are terribly excited about her last rites, and many seem to convey that it is to make sure she is finally buried.
Her death at 87 should have been a regular and, one may...
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Feb.27.2013
Some of you may not know it, but I'm a licensed massage therapist.
(Pauses to listen to the sound of my personal stock going up; pats self on back).
I'm a licensed massage therapist and I have the great fortune to teach continuing education classes at the University of Louisiana. My class is...
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Nov.25.2012
After being privileged to view the viral YouTube offering of the Black Friday Walmart Slugfest, I wonder if the "stars" of this spectacle are even in the same species as the rest of us.
Now, admittedly, Walmart isn't the venue of choice when it comes to experiencing exemplary...
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Oct.07.2012
The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer - - The Miller’s Tale (3rd in a series)
This episode of Chaucer’s trip to Canterbury seemed more difficult to read: more details of this cuckold’s tale, and a lot more idioms to wade through. As a result, and despite the story’s ribald nature, it...
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Jan.05.2012
“In Regard to the Hats that I Wore”
This year, I promise not to post my first draft blogs, and then proceed to do all my editing in the Red Room! Which seemingly makes me look not so smart, to think you have truly understood from the draft. That it was exactly what I really...
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Nov.07.2011
Have you been spending time in an Occupy encampment lately? It’s getting chilly out there. I’m making a big pot of stuffed cabbage, more or less my grandmother’s recipe. Come on over for a bowlful. It’ll warm you right up. Let’s schmooze a bit while it’s cooking.
Class warfare: the locution of...
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Aug.29.2011
The east is awash in Irene and earthquakes, and commentators everywhere are noticing how utterly shook up the world order also seems to be. Here's Tom Friedman in the New York Times:
[T]he European Union is cracking up. The Arab world is cracking up. China’s growth model is under pressure and...
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Jun.05.2011
I'm still reading Baudelaire's "Spleen," that is, his prose vignettes, in which one finds scenes that also turn up, in whole or part, in the "Fleurs du Mal. Most of the situations in the "Spleen" are clichés by now. This morning I'm reading one called "Le Joujou du...
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Jan.20.2011
Does higher education ensure learning? Years ago, I co-taught a semester-long seminar in a multidisciplinary arts graduate program at San Francisco State University. The subject was the economic and policy environment for artists' work, and as I've discovered many times since, most of the students...
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