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Words, Sounds, Images, Ideas
"Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing." –Robert Benchley
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'One Almighty is more than many mighties'
From the Spurgeon fanboy blog "Pyromaniacs,' here's a dose of Ye Olde Puritan literature. Say what you will about those guys -- rightly...
Let the falling on the fainting couches begin...
I’m so glad I got to read Gary Oldman’s super-lengthy Playboy interview before I read stories about the interview. That’s because the...
La Bel Age
Training as a coloratura with plans to attend the Juilliard School, Benatar surprised family, friends and teachers by deciding a...
Text Patterns
In a post this morning on Seamus Heaney’s fragmentary translation of the Aeneid, my friend Adam Roberts (inadvertently I’m sure) sent me...
"I'm looking for 50 retweets on Twitter. She was looking for a life well lived."
A six year old column that still every so often rings in my ears... For many men of a certain age, the mid-life crisis is just that: a...
Coffee with Jesus
Amusing whether you prefer Starbucks or 7-11... http://www.ivpress.com/videos/3693.php
America The Beautiful, 10 proof
Because advertising is a barometer that often accurately measures America’s psychological atmosphere, attention must be paid to this:...
I Spy, Vatican-style
MI6 and CIA be damned! The Vatican and Pope Pius XII during World War II could have put any espionage agency to shame. As explained by...
Wishing with Arithmetic: A Tribute to Edward Eager
In introducing this unsung author/adman/playwright, I first imagined starting off by saying I discovered Edward Eager on the shelves of...
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