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2010

Hmmm…

I write like Stephen King I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! Well then. Not at + more

Architectural Eye Candy

  There are some questionable choices in this list of the most important works of architecture created since 1980 – + more

Would a Hobo Eat a Ham Sandwich?

As someone who tried Facebook for a while, let me assure you that the answer to the question “Has Facebook + more

Our First Sports Post!

So. LeBron James has decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. Apparently, this is a huge deal. + more

On Divas

Courtesy of Alex Ross, whose blog The Rest Is Noise should be required reading for lovers of the new classical + more

A Look Back

Excerpted from an article by William A. Fetter entitled “Computer Graphics at Boeing,” Print magazine, November/December 1966: “My conviction about + more

Quote of the Week

“The malady of our age is mediocrity.” I found this several years ago while reading a volume of the collected + more

“The wood nymph fairies blissfully pranced…”

Speaking of bad writing, it seems the winners of the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced. Named for Edward + more

Summer Reading

I’ve often puzzled over summer reading recommendations, the implicit assumption being that we all have more time to read during + more

Time for Tattoos?

Some of you will be receiving via mail the latest edition of PROOF! magazine, a biannual publication that, in each + more

Welcome Roundballers!

In a couple of days, Spokane will make its annual sacrifice to the basketball gods—and more than 200,000 players, fans, + more

A Word of Warning to Aspiring Writers

To those who read the last word and say, “Hey, I can do that”—and  then wonder what’s to stop them + more

How to Impress an 18-Year-Old

A week ago, our oldest daughter graduated from high school. The following Sunday, this milestone was celebrated with family, friends, + more

Deep Thoughts

A few years ago, the journal Philosophy and Literature sponsored the Bad Writing Contest, its aim to celebrate “the most + more

50 Welcome Signs from 50 States

  This is fun. But a word about Oklahoma’s tagline, if I may: Are you frickin’ kidding me??? It has + more

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