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A+ Headline
By no means is this good news. I do, however, really appreciate the use of the word “Eviscerated” in the headline. This headline gets an A+!
September 11, 2014
Even the Graceful Grammarian knows that sometimes music can express more than words can. This Patriot Day, let’s listen to Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” written for the Greatest Generation, from whom we all learned that the true heroes in America are those who do their best each day. We see this truth in action every day; may we continue to see … Read More September 11, 2014
Rediscovering the Artistry of a Friend
Every once in a while, I stumble across a piece of writing that hits many of my interests at once. I saw a link to this blog post, clicked it, read it, and only later realized that it is written by my good friend Eric Fitzsimmons! If you’re interested in the concept of book-as-artifact and in the life that literature (or any writing) takes … Read More Rediscovering the Artistry of a Friend
Puff the Purple encourages me despite my patellar woes
When I returned home the other day after my knee surgery, I found this fire-breathing friend waiting for me on my favorite spot on the sofa. Next to him was a card that reads: “Stop dragon your crutches around. Soon you’ll be frolicking in the autumn mist.” I suspect that this came from my pun-loving, punctuationally-perfect sister, Eilish. As I slowly try to get … Read More Puff the Purple encourages me despite my patellar woes
My song
I’m a little bit late to Weird Al’s grammar party because I’ve been working on a computer without sound all week! If “Blurred Lines” was the Summer Song of 2013, I think that we now have our Summer Song of 2014. I might tone down some of Weird Al’s insults, but I can certainly understand his passion about clear and eloquent expression of ideas. … Read More My song
Let’s just call them Lampyridae!
A few days ago, I facetiously suggested that we might settle the “fireflies vs. lightning bugs” debate. I know that we’ll never resolve it; its roots run deep in the American English linguistic experience. Sometimes, people see this as a North vs. South thing; however, with Americans’ increasing mobility and the resulting very interesting linguistic map of the US, this particular regionalism is becoming … Read More Let’s just call them Lampyridae!
Meanwhile, somewhere in Connecticut…
A fast bump would be more exciting. WHERE’S THE PUNCTUATION?
Very Pinteresting!
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Where am I?
Hint: Think back to your favorite collections of poems for children…
Hail to thee, fair summer!
Let us greet this first summer morn with a medieval English salute to the season! Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweþ sed and bloweþ med And springþ þe wde nu, Sing cuccu! Awe bleteþ after lomb, Lhouþ after calue cu. Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ, Murie sing cuccu! Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu cuccu; Ne swik þu nauer nu. Pes: Sing cuccu nu. … Read More Hail to thee, fair summer!
A Bloomsday-ish blog post
Happy Bloomsday! While I haven’t published an article about Joyce’s Ulysses (yet), here is an article that I published in Hypermedia Joyce Studies. This article explores some of Stephen Dedalus’ motivations in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, pre-Ulysses. Can I get a “yes I said yes”?
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