January 2010

Pretty, the Series: A web mockumentary

Late in the evening when there’s absolutely nothing else on, I have found myself on occasion watching Toddlers & Tiaras. It’s one of those train wreck reality shows in which overweight parents groom their small children to compete in obscure beauty pagents usually held in the Deep South. I feel guilty about watching it, at […]

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Revision, Looking At The Big Picture

Here is the first essay/blog post that will be the subject of an on-going editing dialogue. This is the first draft, untouched by human hands, as it were. Your job is to read it through and offer general comments that will guide the writer in revising. Grammar, punctuation, word choice–they are the stuff of editing. […]

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Age, Wisdom & Whatever Else I Know…

Since I’m roughly halfway through my life, you can expect the following to be half wise.

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I’m Mad As Hell and I’d Like To Tase The Lot of Them

Wanted: one taser that works through the television.  If I had had my hands on such a thing last night while watching the Newshour on PBS, I would not have suffered such a migraine headache and three cracked molars from clenching my jaw so as to not scream out loud, at… The Supremes who, in […]

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The Miracle of Paragraphing

Do you write short or long? Do you meander into a story, or just get right to the point? And does it make a difference? I’m asking this because I’ve been aware for a long time that I have a prejudice against reeeaaallly long blog posts. There are people I like whose blog topics interest […]

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