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Common Core Standards: Back to Literature? by Byron Edgington 8/20/2013 5:50:22 AM
The Common Core Standards initiative could mean kids' return to more reading.... more
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Old Bones by Dorien Grey 8/19/2013 3:00:21 AM
Like a dog with an old bone, some people...I being one of them...seem to become fixated on certain things, carrying that fixation with them wherever they go and refusing to let go of it. My fixation, as you surely know if you've read my blogs with an... more
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What's the single biggest influence on contemporary literature? by Ann Massey 8/17/2013 3:41:05 PM
Some might say the Greek playwrights, Shakespeare, the Bible, Dickens, Tolstoy there's many respected contenders. My own stories have been influenced by the oral tradition-- the first stories I ever knew...fairy tales. ... more
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welcome home by Byron Edgington 8/14/2013 6:01:04 AM
Handling a live snake in Vietnam--can't hold onto it; can't put it down.... more
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Life on Banana Peels by Dorien Grey 8/12/2013 2:58:03 AM
I go through life with two fresh banana peels affixed to the bottoms of my feet, and once I begin to slip, my brain goes into total, instant lockdown. I do not merely fall, I plunge into an abyss of confusion, frustration, and self-loathing for my in... more
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Reality TV by David A. Schwinghammer 8/9/2013 7:28:23 AM
Why can't the Biography Channel feature biographies and MTV center on music videos?
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Priorities by Dorien Grey 8/8/2013 4:33:19 AM
I have no problem setting priorities. The problem is, having set them, in determining which of them should come first. At the moment I'm writing this, I have at least four: 1) writing this blog; 2) listening to newly-narrated sections of the audioboo... more
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I love Harry Reasoner by Byron Edgington 8/8/2013 4:25:06 AM
Personal behavior explained, partly if not well.... more
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i tried tonight to by Dark Knight 8/5/2013 5:07:35 PM
pick up a pen and write poetry-well write anything and well nothing came out...I think I need to relax somehow--to be still before God and to re-charge my spiritual batteries if you will....I find when I can't write no matter what I try to do nothing... more
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Pitons by Dorien Grey 8/5/2013 2:54:47 AM
For some writers, words are the pitons anchoring us to the sheer cliff of reality... more
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Common Sense by David A. Schwinghammer 7/30/2013 8:08:45 AM
Politicians ought to do what their parents taught them, concerning others. Providing they taught them the Golden Rule and not White Supremacy.
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Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics by Byron Edgington 7/15/2013 4:30:34 AM
Gravity ain't just a good idea, it's the law... more
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Blog is my co-pilot by Byron Edgington 7/11/2013 6:50:57 AM
Others were my co-pilot in all but title.... more
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commo, criticism & culture in Asiana 214 crash by Byron Edgington 7/9/2013 6:50:19 AM
Did cultural factors play a part in the SFO crash of Asiana 214?... more
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Asiana 214--poor weather might have prevented this accident by Byron Edgington 7/8/2013 5:33:25 AM
Asiana flight # 214 in San Francisco might not have crashed if weather had been poor.... more
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Life Du Soleil by Byron Edgington 7/1/2013 8:12:16 AM
No one gets out of this alive... more
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To leak, or not to leak... by Byron Edgington 6/24/2013 4:27:51 AM
Edward Snowden told us what we already knew.... more
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Neutral by Dorien Grey 6/24/2013 2:58:29 AM
When I was a kid, during WWII, I could never figure out how any country could declare itself neutral; no one can be neutral in a fight if someone is determined to beat the crap out of you unless you're willing to have the crap beat out of you. Even G... more
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Separation of church and state by Byron Edgington 6/21/2013 5:22:53 AM
Religious ideology is responsible for most conflict in the world.... more
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Plus ca change... by Byron Edgington 6/20/2013 2:47:52 AM
"I thanked him for being a lousy shot."... more
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