I miss formal writing, and I intend to do more of it.
I went to school for a long time and, while there, I wrote. I learned how to write a thesis and to put it at the beginning of the my paper. I learned to organize an argument, thereby organizing the argument in my head.
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I heard the following comment on ESPN:
Expand the list of teams to which he is willing to be traded to.
It made me laugh and cringe all at the same time. The speaker (1) had very clearly had the “to which” construction, and he thought it sounded smart. When properly used, it allows a writer to [...]
It is my Dad’s birthday today (Happy Birthday pops) so I thought I would discuss a topic that interests us both: West Wing.
I have watched West Wing on DVD at least 8 times all the way through, and some episodes many, many more times than that. I have occassionally found myself confused as to whether [...]
Happy Halloween everyone! Also Happy 92nd birthday to my Grandfather.
I work in a very international office and I’m learning things every day. Last week we had a pumpkin carving party and a mildly amusing thing happened. My boss stopped by my office to pick me up and we walked to the party. As we walked, [...]
When I was 10 or so, I fractured my wrist playing soccer at camp.[*] As my counselors drove me to the hospital, one yawned, then the other, and then I did. We couldn’t help ourselves, as if we were physically forced to follow suit. One counselor remarked that yawns are contagious, and we all agreed.
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Three of my friends and I went up to Tulalip Casino this weekend for a little Friday night fun. I only play craps, even though I don’t really know how to. It is fun to me, especially talking to the other people at the table. I did pretty well last night, leaving with about 3 [...]
Digital Music is Not Where it Should Be
That was the title of a draft of a post I have been meaning to write on this blog for more than a year. I haven’t had a chance to formulate my thoughts on digital music clearly yet, so I did some research. It seems that no one [...]
I had outlined a post detailing the minutia of my first Yom Kippur away from home, and even begun writing much of it. I could not finish the post though. Usually that means I have either lost interest or misinterpreted my own thoughts originally. So, here are the highlights.
On Rosh Hashanah, Julia and I got [...]
I just spent a few minutes adding 6 weeks of appointments with a physical therapist (I hurt my shouder…again). I have done this now a few times in a few cities, and I basically know the routine.
This is the way it is now. After my first appointment, having already filled out many forms, I go [...]
Self Analysis
I’ve had two occasions for some formal self analysis in the past two days, and let me just say, man, that is tough. I consider myself on of the more introspective people around, but there’s introspection and there’s it’s closely related evil twin, self-deception. I always liked the idea of residual self image from the [...]