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Apr.22.2013
Like most Americans, I’m terrible at learning languages. I’ve studied several, but only varying amounts of each language stuck. Of course, I should’ve started when I was a small child, but elementary schools didn’t teach languages then...
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Dec.14.2011
It’s hard to describe the experience of biting into a slice of potica. Thin spirals of rich yeast dough, layered with butter, encase a simple, elemental filling: walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon. Everything is drenched in honey. It’s sensuous but sturdy, like the love child of challah...
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Nov.29.2011
I haven't written much lately about my Slovenian roots quest.
Actually, I have been writing about it lately. A lot. As in 1,667 words a day. But it's not public. Yet.
Yes, I'm doing NaNoWriMo again. National Novel Writing Month. A month of steady writing during...
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Feb.19.2010
As writers, we become hypervigilant about typos. They suggest carelessness, if not ineptness. During the submission process, our fate can hang in the balance. We're shocked and indignant when we find typos in published books. "Where was the editor?" we demand.
Lately, though, I've...
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Jan.12.2009
Igor Yopsvoyomatsky, editor of paranoiaisfact.com and columnist for The Daily Event, answers readers' questions.
Dear Igor,
My son came home for winter break with a new culture hero--Slavoj Zizek. Zizek had taken his university by storm, giving two sold-out lectures and sitting for an online...
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