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The price of pretty
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Until the Church removed her from the calendar in 1969, July 20 long had the distinction of being…
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Unintelligible at any speed
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Forty-nine years ago today, on May 17, 1965, the FBI released their report: Although there may or may…
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Arrival from always, departure to forever
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Packing up the wife and three small children (the oldest — me — having just completed the second…
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Skiing the Slippery Slope
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On a whim yesterday I wasted twenty minutes on a quiz on the Christian Science Monitor website: it…
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Persistence
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Some time back I wrote a journal post here in which I bemoaned the fact that a couple…
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See what you made me do…
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A Persian word that became widespread in the days of the Ottoman Turkish empire — baksheesh — could…
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Taking a line for a walk
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I just completed a piece of artwork that is both a departure and a return to basics for…
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Trial and Error
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Like riding a unicycle along a tightrope, constant forward motion is essential in what I do. If I…
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