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Mar.06.2010
Poking at Pride
Quite often we consider ourselves as being other than what we are.
There is a story of a mule who went among the steeds of the area and when asked who his parents were, he replied, “My father is a stallion, but failed to acknowledge that his mother was a burro.”
Now...
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Dec.09.2009
This winter poem is an oldie, from the time when my daughter was small. The poem weaves in narratives about my friend who went to a sperm bank, about my daughter's first encounter with anti-Semitism, and about loving my husband with his great sense of humor. The poem is found in Packing Light:...
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Oct.13.2009
UNTWITTERED:
"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago -- never mind how long precisely -- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and...
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Sep.18.2009
Kids don’t sit down with a dictionary and study language. Or, if they do, you probably ought to get them checked out, because if they carry on like that, some nasty little sod in the playground is going to start beating them up. They may ask questions, they’ll certainly try out words they’ve heard...
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Sep.12.2009
Next time you get all Wilde or Confucius, you might miss what lies between. It's Paris Hilton in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. She has made it to the latest edition.
I do not know what are the standards used for such choices, but one assumes there is an element of wit or thought, and it...
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Jan.13.2009
The soul is what keeps asking us whether the soul really exists. This is one of the many witty, wise, and many times ironic quotes of Brazilian poet, jornalist and translator Mario Quintana. I met him when I was in College. He was already very sick, but was very kind to have the visit of a group of...
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Dec.21.2008
Writing blogs is fun. Especially when you have something to write on but you really are unaware of any concrete material to base your thoughts upon. Like mine are. Tracing a subject is interesting because that lengthens your blog! Ok, jokes apart, this is my first entry and since I have already...
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