Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Reflections on the Oscars and truth.

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The Academy Awards--the Oscars--are just about upon us with nearly, it seems, every movie trumpeting its nominations and hailing itself as ...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Summertime.

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Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's opera "Porgy and Bess" is slated to open soon on Broadway and accordingly, it's received a ...
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If you want something you have to pay something.

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One of the universal truths of our species is that, since the beginning of time, we have always tried to get something for nothing. Humani...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

More New York memories.

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When I was a kid growing up in the 60s, the wheels had really fallen off the societal bus. If you look at world violence rates graphically, ...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

Stop it.

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Below is an 145-word sentence from "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne. Many people, and I am...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rejection(s).

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I've been a bit under the weather of late. Fighting both a stomach virus and some long-running fatigue. I haven't been, as I usually...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Help.

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I have often thought that my generation was the last where you could get rapped in the knuckles by your teacher (or your parents) for being ...
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Showing up.

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As I've written about over the past few weeks, just about everyone in my agency is burrowed deep inside a World War I style trench, cowe...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Spoken by a planner.

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"We need to do some talking where we just listen."
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Sometimes you need a kayak.

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I just read a memoir by Roger Rosenblatt, "Kayak Morning." It's a rumination about the death of his 38-year-old daughter and t...
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