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Nov.11.2012
One of the most frustrating parts of the past few months of presidential campaigning wasn't the name calling or friendships breaking up, but the constant blame game.
For the past four years, Obama has consistently blamed gridlock, transigent Republicans, and (mostly) President George W. Bush for...
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Apr.18.2012
Rule Number One to be truly English. Banish at once the following two words from your vocabulary: 'yes' and 'no'.
They are unsightly, un-English, and compromising. They state an absolute, and that is bad-mannered. After all, who gives you the right to...
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Jan.23.2012
Yes, there is much sadness in Frisco tonight. The 49ers lost to the Giants.
But otherwise, the day went swimmingly. Son Jason came by and we finished the bottle of The Glenrothes that Wayne K. gave me for Christmas, and we even dipped into the wonderful Heitz Inky Port that...
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Dec.17.2009
Given how late it is right now, you might have already figured this one out.
Revision Tip #13
When revising, sometimes you just need to turn the blasted Internet off. As in all the way OFF.
Because when revising, you have to hold a million strands of character and story and setting and voice and...
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Oct.04.2009
Roman Polanski and Mackenzie Phillips
October 1, 2009 at 4:19 pm · Filed under sexual abuse ·Tagged sexual abuse · Edit
I have been pondering the news over the past week and am disturbed by what is going on in the world. Not only have we had alarming incidences of violence in nature, we have also...
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Dec.06.2008
From THE HOUR OF THE STAR by Clarice Lispector
Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I do not know why, but I...
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Jul.14.2008
Not too long ago, in rough patch after a break up, I decided that I would say yes to anything that came through (or over) the transom. It was a decision based on sadness and desperation perhaps, but this "yes" decision seemed to make sense. I had a feeling that I might just shut down...
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