The Slate media pundit on the upcoming Atlantic Monthly piece by Howell Raines: There’s enough self-love in Raines’ autobiography to earn it a place in the autoerotica section. By the time Raines stops romancing himself in the public mirror, conjures…
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Hire Tequila Mockingbird
Seems her most recent employer no longer needs her. Great chance for somebody to snag the writingest blogger I know.
Chafed over chaff
Somebody pointed out today that my signature quote from Adlai Stevenson paraphrases a similar quote by a writer and entrepreneur named Elbert Hubbard, who died with his wife aboard the Lusitania after the Germans torpedoed it in 1915. From Bartleby.com:…
Tasty blogroll
I’m still on vacation this week so today you get a list of cool links to check out; the scintillating commentary will have to wait till later. Editorsweblog: More Californians read the New Yorker than New Yorkers do. Nicole Stockdale…
Finally rode the cablecars
Evidence is here. I’ve been thinking that sooner or later I should take a chance on those noisy old things, so Melissa and I made a day of it Tuesday. Another good workout for my Canon PowerShot A70 digicam.
Those fabrications
I’m still trying to figure out what to think of the raft of fabrication scandals we keep having. I wonder how many reporters have made up quotes or invented sources. The temptation must be powerful. Think of it, you’re 20…
What the cat did
You might’ve seen my post the other day about my cat registering his disappointment that I wasn’t around to play games with him for a few days. At first it was cute, but last night it was payback time. I…
Virus warning
I just got this e-mail that is obviously a virus stored in an attachment … I’m passing it along because I almost fell for it and clicked on the attachment (wouldn’t have mattered in my case .. these things never…
Face cards
One last ACES conference post: These are business cards I amassed; each has a little story worth passing along. Mike Fuhlhage teaches copy editing at the University of Missouri and helps get the student paper to press. He’s the guy…
About to head home
Thanks for your kind attention. Yes, I consumed too many Shiner Bocks. Ears are still ringing a bit from the Southern Culture on the Skids show. Haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in a week. But I’m not complaining. So…