Let’s call this a test of the power of the internet. Maybe of appealing to someone’s boredom or ennui. Possibly the power of friendship.
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A college football program that hasn’t won a postseason game since 2002 and lost every game it played in 2023 once had stars who still shine.
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One of Saturday’s college football games took me down memory lane and reminded me of how much context matters when it comes to great plays.
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There are worlds where style and grammar are everything. This is not about them. This is about where there’s so much more editors must do.
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Don Draper said it in the “Mad Men” world of advertising: “Stop writing for other writers.” I heard it long before the show ever aired.
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Given a chance for a do-over in how I’ve done journalism, I’d probably want to break the rules even more often in my writing than I did.
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I didn’t focus on Saoirse Ronan’s acting, which she made easy for me. I got lost in the story of Eilis Lacy, the young woman she plays.
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I don’t want a new drug. I want a new way to brew it in the morning. What’s your secret? How’d you make that cup you’re drinking right now?
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They rob me of so much of my so-little-time-left, and not just the sleeping hours meant for rest and rejuvenation. The bad dreams linger.
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This post ties together two recent posts, one that mentions Judee Sill and one about a case/lang/veirs song that marked a special gift.
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