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There are no rules for this meme. Indeed, I wouldn’t call it a meme so much as a meta-meme. The exigence for this note is the flurry of criticism levied at the oh so popular “25 things” meme on facebook. Claire Suddath, in a small editorial in Time magazine lampoons this particular meme and the writing it produces as “stupid,” “not insightful ( Read more... )

Today feels good. I watched the inauguration standing around friends and peers and strangers. And I walked from there to class with a lighter step than usual. I am remembering what patriotism feels like. I am grateful for having a leader I can at the very least respect. After all, he can say "nuclear" and he proved that today. The three things ( Read more... )

Dear 2008 ( Read more... )

So I've got two on board so far. YAY! If anyone wants to join in at any point, just jump right in. I've pulled a good site that has the full text of Montaigne's essays. He deals more with concepts rather than words, but that's kind of part of what got this whole thing bouncing in my head. The relationship of concepts to words and the ( Read more... )

So I've been thinking about doing a weekly word post. I'm thinking choose a word, or if I can get fellow participants in this endeavor, we can collaboratively choose a word or take turns choosing a word or whatever, and write a Montaigne-esque word study on it ( I use Montaigne merely as an example, not as some sort of model that must be followed ( Read more... )

I haven't disappeared again. I've been keeping up with the flist, more or less, and thinking about posting. Just not actually articulating anything. Writer's block I guess. I've been getting somewhat back on solid ground the last two weeks, emotionally. Taking some steps that needed taking, breaking patterns that needed breaking, and feeling an ( Read more... )