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Grammar – just try harder, please
You get judged by the way you write. You (and I) probably get judged on a lot more than that, honestly, but grammar has a certain set of rules that you can be judged on in your absence, in the case of the written word. Everyone makes mistakes. It happens. Habitual inconsistencies, however, point to…
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Levon
Levon Helm – subject for the eponymous song by Elton John, drummer for The Band, one-time cancer survivor – is in his final stages of his fight with cancer. UPDATED: Levon died April 19, 2012. For Bob’s birthday one year, I got him tickets to a Midnight Ramble, at Levon’s house in Woodstock, NY. It…
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An absence of criticism
I’m currently reading Mike Monteiro’s book, Design is a Job. He writes, “A designer requires honest feedback and real criticism, and that’s not going to happen in a realm where colleagues or clients are worried about crushing the spirit of a magical being. The sparkly fog of affirmation gets in the way.”* It may be…
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And sometimes Y
For the past month or so I’ve been increasingly bothered by the sometimes-vowel “Y.” And consequently, I’ve been bothering my husband about it. Specifically, I’ve wondered when is Y considered a vowel, and when is it not? And why? Shouldn’t it always be one or the other or always both? I finally looked it up…
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Do Strong Women Have to be Victims to be Likable?
I don’t have fully formed thoughts around this yet. But when I find my mind wandering on this topic, three movies/books stand out to me. Gone with the Wind Hunger Games (the trilogy) Millennium Trilogy (you know; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, et al.) All three feature strong-willed female leads who are unethical (as…
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