Vealster

Many thanks for putting this juju out there.

There was a year where whatever I taught seemed to prompt something terrible in its country of origin. Ibsen play - mass shooting in Norway. Allende novel - Chilean mine disaster. It was really unsettling.

This isn’t an old Rossetto video?

Thinking of that telegram Dorothy Parker sent apologizing for missing a deadline: “NEVER HAVE DONE SUCH HARD NIGHT AND DAY WORK NEVER HAVE SO WANTED ANYTHING TO BE GOOD AND ALL I HAVE IS A PILE OF PAPER COVERED WITH WRONG WORDS.”

Every fan in this rapidly depleting Benz crowd is flabbergasted that we’re not seeing the GK we did develop.

Complaining about the elimination of dodge ball from p.e. is the lowest form of sports talk, but ref grievances are not far behind.

Don’t fail to mention Atlanta’s GK situation when you talk “play the kids” .

AND you’re Amazing Larry!

Chekhov and AI My favorite Anton Chekhov short story to teach is "The Letter" (1902).   It has been a few years since I’ve had the opportunity, but this te...

Writing is very, very difficult, but the difficulty is where the magic happens. That really came home to me teaching a story.

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Titus Burgess

A real pleasure to hear his straight out of Conyers, GA accent - like Holly Hunter’s in “Raising Arizona.”

Mixed gender? That would be Ultimate.

Take “yes” for an answer, go get more yesses, don’t let up until you get the BIG yes.

I know I say this every century. . .

I remember when the web was first coming along and a couple of online commentators celebrating together, “Now I can get the news just the way I want it.” Like there wasn’t a potential nightmare in that.

In my teens I read up on the 1947 3 Governors Crisis. Found out my boss was from Monticello, GA, so told him pedantically about the role Monticello dimestore owner Gibson Ezell played in the crisis.

Boss: That’s not the way Uncle Gibb explained it to me.

1st lesson in epistemological humility

Every accusation is a confession, exhibit 56,891.

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If by “criticize” you mean “demolish”

The same with mandatory waiting periods for divorce -the assumption that people haven’t already tried with all their hearts to reconcile. The right wing nanny state.

Man, I still have nightmares from visiting the Krofft’s bad trip indoor amusement park in Atlanta in the 70s.

“Extremely politicized” - every accusation is a confession, exhibit 10,589.

To be savored over a cup of coffee that’s 60% filler.

Alice Munro’s stories.

Does the soccer punditry contribute to the adaptability problem by emphasizing the perceived need for teams to have an “identity” in their playing style?