manners | manners
Aug.11.2010
If you're anything like me, first off, good luck. It's not easy feat.
Secondly, you smiled big and hard when you read the story about Jet Blue's flight attendant Steven Slater and his dramatic dispute with a passenger. According to The New York Times:
Mr. Slater instructed the person to...
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Jul.27.2010
In Park Street, spring had inched its way past the windows. Sparrows searched under the eaves for hidden crevices where they might build.The Widow Cole had said her piece, but that was before...
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Jul.06.2010
A few months ago I bought the entire seven-year series boxed set of The West Wing -- an investment, if you consider the paltry offerings on TV lately. In my humble opinion, it retains its place of excellence in TV writing, and, as far as possible, the writers were sticklers for authenticity,...
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May.21.2010
I know that good manners can cover a host of evil intent, but sometimes, it's nice to be smiled at, thanked, and acknowledged. Little do we know, of course, that the moment we move on, the person who provided us with what was clearly BS will whisper, "What a jerk!"
At the time, though,...
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Feb.02.2010
Nowadays, if we want to do a spot of washing or cleaning (though I never find myself wanting to do either of those) we simply roll up our sleeves and get on with it. But imagine what a time we'd have had of it in Japan in the days long before the introduction of Western clothing. How did the...
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Nov.23.2009
It's been a crazy, hectic, frustrating few days down here in New Zealand. Terrorbyte was released on Nov 10th. Amazon have screwed up and screwed me. They added a region restriction - right after releasing kindle for PC. There is a word that fits here. Wankers! So they allowed us (New Zealand,...
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Oct.04.2009
“Manners are your passport to the world,” the Gilded Age writer of American etiquette Emily Post once opined. The mid-century sage also said etiquette isn’t a strict code of socially correct behavior we need to memorize -- it’s simply how our lives touch other people. Respect.
Although more a...
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Sep.18.2009
Is it just me, or does it seem like people have gotten really rude in the last few years? Have civility and manners become outmoded fashion? Does expecting people to behave themselves with at least a modicum of respect for others make me a relic? Ok, I know that there have always been badly...
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Sep.14.2009
Once upon a time, a little Pollyanna-ish I know, I actually believed that most people were decent, most people were inherently good, and most people when given the chance were kind. I also believed in a) manners b) civility and c) generally good behavior in public and private.
Not that I assumed...
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Aug.29.2009
Last week's Blog Topic of the Week was "Bad Manners"--and as we expected, discussing bad behavior made for some very good blog entries. We read some funny anecdotes, some insightful social analysis, and some profound introspection. (Have we mentioned lately that we love working at Red...
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