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August 2010

“Soylent Green Is People!”

I’ve always harbored suspicions that Oregonians were a bit, well…rigorous in their adherence to green orthodoxy. But I had no + more

Improving Our View

  We’ve all seen electrical grid pylons along our highways, but how cool would it be if they actually became + more

Beating a Dead Horse

As a followup to last week’s post about beginning sentences with “and,” let me just add one last point for + more

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

For those who breathlessly await each new post on the last word, I have some bad news. This Thursday, the + more

Marauding Pigs!

Because it’s Friday—the 13th—I bring you a chilling tale of…radioactive boars!

“And the earth was without form, and void…”

Many, many, many times I’ve been told to not begin sentences with “and.” Or any other conjunction, for that matter. + more

Quote of the Day

From Thomas Merton comes this, the sort of statement that would make for a fine mantra—if I believed in the + more

Mmm…Books

Google tells us that there exist 129,864,880 different books in the world. It’s a bit daunting for the dwindling number + more

Summer Reading Notes

I’m in the midst of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s A Time of Gifts, an account of the author’s walk across Europe + more

Branding Xs and Os

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott is on a mission to raise awareness for his expanding athletic conference. In a recent edition + more

I’m Persua-dead

With the dog days* of summer upon us, one could do worse than find relief from the heat in the + more

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